The dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935
By: James Layton, David Pierce ; Paolo Cherchi Usai and Catherine A. Surowiec, editors
Contributors: Pierce, David Hyde author; Cherchi Usai, Paolo, editor; Surowiec, Catherine A., editor
Publisher: George Eastman House
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780935398281
Subjects: Color cinematography; Technicolor Corp; Printing processes; Dye transfer; Color photography; History; Color motion pictures
Description: "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picture process, using such resources as corporate documents, studio production files, contemporary accounts, and unpublished interviews.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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Kalmus, Comstock & Wescott; title: Back to the drawing board; title: Technicolor goes to Hollywood; title: Hollywood experiments with color; title: The dye-transfer process; title: The conversion to all-color production; title: Technicolor enters production; title: The color boom; title: The color slump; title: The path to three-color.