The dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935:
"Traces the first two decades of the Technicolor Corporation and the development of its two-color motion picture process, using such resources as corporate documents, studio production files, contemporary accounts, and unpublished interviews. Includes annotated filmography of all two-color Tech...
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| Summary: | "Traces the first two decades of the Technicolor Corporation and the development of its two-color motion picture process, using such resources as corporate documents, studio production files, contemporary accounts, and unpublished interviews. Includes annotated filmography of all two-color Technicolor titles produced between 1915 and 1935".. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and indexes |
| Physical Description: | 448 S. zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780935398281 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Foreword 9
Preface 11
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 19
1. Kalmus, Comstock Wescott 23
2. Back to the Drawing Board 59
3. Technicolor Goes to Hollywood 85
4. Hollywood Experiments With Color 109
5. The Dye-Transfer Process 135
6. The Conversion to All-Color Production 159
7. Technicolor Enters Production 179
8. The Color Boom 207
9. The Color Slump 239
10. The Path to Three-Color 267
Filmography 297
Notes 417
Index 431
Filmography Index 441
Image Credits 445
THE DAWN OF
TECHNICOLOR
Technicolor is today most associated with films made during
the height of the Hollywood studio era—color classics such
as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Wizard ofOz
(1939), and Sing in’ in the Rain (1952). But this celebrated
period of creative and technical achievement was possible
only after twenty years of tireless research and development.
The Dawn of Technicolor is the first detailed history of
Technicolor’s formative years. Authors James Layton and
David Pierce recount the beginnings of one of the most
widely recognized names in the American film industry,
painstakingly reconstructing the company’s early years
from a wealth of previously unavailable internal
documentation, studio production files, contemporary
accounts, and unpublished interviews.
Following its incorporation in 1915, the Technicolor
Motion Picture Corporation developed a series of two-
color processes as necessary steps toward full-color
photography and printing. Despite success in the laboratory
and in small-scale production, the company was plagued
by repeated disappointments. The feature films The Gulf
Between (1917), The Toll of the Sea (1922), Wanderer of the
Wasteland (1924), and The Black Pirate (1926) each showed
tremendous promise in photography and color design, but
implementation flaws resulted in technical problems and
commercial failure. Each time, the company retooled and
tried again. With the support of patient investors and the
visionary leadership of Herbert T. Kalmus, Technicolor
eventually prevailed against daunting odds to create the
only commercially viable color process for motion pictures.
The Dawn of Technicolor investigates these vital make-or-
break years, as the firm grew from a small team of
exceptional engineers into a multimillion-dollar corporation.
Color provided new creative tools for filmmakers, but also
introduced new challenges on-set, in the laboratory, and
during projection. The authors chart the making of pivotal
films in the process, from the troubled productions of Ben-
Hur (1925) and The Mysterious Island (1926-29), to the early
short films in Technicolor’s groundbreaking three-color
process: Walt Disney’s animated Flowers and Trees (1932)
and the live-action La Cucaracha (1934). The book spotlights
the talented engineers and filmmakers associated with
Technicolor, and the remarkable technical innovations
that finally made color films practical, changing the film
industry forever.
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