New-York tribune., 1922-12-03
By Harriette Underhm

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sehsnek said 70 DR.. Daniel comstoek
only recently, and probably both Of
them we're 20 excited that neither Of
them noticed that Mr.. Sehsuek was
enulating che commander who Issued
his now famous order AZ the time OF
che Bunker Hill disturbance. DR.. Com
sock repeated Il 10 rs yesterday. with
cut getting the Significance Of It.
either, 90 we eallsd his attention 70 H.
II happened thus: Or. Comstock Is
one Of the inventors OF the new Tech
nicolor process which was used In the
making Of that exquisite new picture,
Toll Of the Sea-" Joseph Sehenek Is
interested financially and otherwise, 20
when DR.. Comaoek had some finished
samples be begged for Mr. schencks
honest opinion. Il have only one fault
70 nnd. The eyes aren't quite clear.
Try little more light and then don't
shoot till you see the whites Of their
eyes" OF course. every one who knows
anything about pictures knows that
photographing a scene Is called shoot
ing. Anyway. DR.. cOmstock took Mr..
Schenck's advice, and the result Is a
picture in natures own eolors and
without a hsw.
Colored pictures always have fnsci-
mated us. When We first began 70 re-
NEW photOplsys the TeehnicOlOr pro
dueed its first picture. called "1he
Gulf Between" The color IN this early
sample was as lovely as one could wish
and FAR more satisfactory than any Of
the various processes which We have
since seen. But there we're features
about II which made II impractical;
20 everybody set 70 work again TO try
20 perfect II. and II one may Judge
from Toll OF the Sea-" which was
shown last week at the RisltO Theater.
they have succeeded.
What we were most anxious 70 learn
from DR.. Comstoek was why this new
Teehnieolor process has no fringes,
hashes nor deep shadows. The actors
on the screen appear 70 be real people
walking about on the stage, not sha-
dows on a screen. The face tints are
absolutely natural and Il is not neees-
sary for the actors 20 put on any
makeup, either. The exteriors are
taken IN the sunlight and the interiors
are photographed under a strong arc
light. Whatever Is In front Of the
camera is photographed on the mega
tive exactly As Il appears, in color,
tone and shape. Now, every color
process 10 the result Of throwing two
colors on the screen, red and green,
and letting the eye do the rest. One
of the older processes had red and
green screens through which the pie
lures were projected. These were IN
the form Of shutters. and II at any
time the Aim had suddenly stopped you
would have seen reflected on the screen
either . bright red or a bright green
picture. Then there IL the film which
10 made up Of two eslluloid strips past
I'd together-ons green and one red.
Still another process had a red film
and . green one projected simultsne-
ously on the screen By two different
machines. and this Is why most Of the
pictures done in natural eolors are not
clearly outlined-the pictures project
ed By this process are bound 20 be a
httls out OF focus either In the fore
ground or the background.
Another common fault With eoiored
pictures Is the fact that Il ia almos;
impossible 70 tighten them. The
shadows. being a combination Of red
and green, appear dark brown, and the
pictures are about the color that
nature appears when you view her
through dark amber glasses.
Now Why" we asked Of Dr.. Com
stock, "are the outlines IN your pie.
lures clear and perfect ss in life7"
"Thst was the first thing realized
We must overcome, and Il was difi.
cult, but az the present time our cam.
era takes simultaneously and az cx-
actly the same angle two pictures
one Of which will record red, yellow
and orange and the other green, blue
and violet Then we print this negative
and alternate the colors. 20 that there
are two pictures on the finished film
side By side exactly alike, but differ.
ing IN sensitiveness After that this
alm Is passed through a dye and the
different tones IN the film will tax,
some eolors and reject others wher
this film Is projected on the screen yoJ
get the effect whieh you saw in Toll OF
the Sea-"
u seems natural 20 suppose thai
since there are two pictures, insteac
Of one, recording each pose that tn,
elm must be run OF twice as fast al
the ordinary film, though we forgot Z,
AJAX about this. The second thing W,
asked Of the inventor fas "How do Vol
manage 70 keep your pictures SO light
and the tints so delieatei The eolori
are natures own
"And there is another thing will
which We had to reckon. And DR.
Comstock replied: That Is because VI
cxperimented until we found the righ
sort Of film. II is what call pan
chromstie film and IL a shadow is gre.
It does not record II as black. Il wa