The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.The history of color photography in motion pictures, in particular the Technicolor company's work.
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Angela Lansbury
- Narrator
- (voice)
John Alton
- Self - Cinematographer
- (archive footage)
Eugen Sandow
- Self
- (archive footage)
Annabelle Moore
- Self - Dancer
- (archive footage)
- (as Annabelle)
Douglas Fairbanks
- Self
- (archive footage)
David O. Selznick
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaReleased on the 2003 DVD of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
- GoofsThe documentation completely ignores the earlier German system "Agfacolor" which is the mother of all modern multi-layer color systems.
- Quotes
Arlene Dahl: I don't think there was anything more beautiful on the screen than a close-up of a beautiful actress - in Technicolor.
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Inglorious
This is a documentary on the history of Technicolor, starting right from the inception and through until recently. It consists of clips from films, interviews, rare footage of stars in two colors, stills and voice-over by Narration She Spoke. We see the progression(early on, flesh tones weren't deemed important! Instead, focus was on the backgrounds, set and FX) and the early skepticism... not only did people in the business not believe that we didn't want to hear the actors speak, they didn't think that it should go beyond black and white, either! Hearing from the people who experienced it first-hand(and some of them even worked with it, directly) is quite interesting, and any film geek will enjoy the one-hour running time of this. It's well-edited and thoroughly researched. If you aren't already into this subject, however, this isn't likely to win you over and get your attention. There is no offensive material in this, except for the old gender roles and the like... the one bit of strong language is carefully bleeped out. I recommend this to those who want to know about it. 7/10
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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