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From: thrush@spock.UUCP (Patricia White '88 cc)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: First Color Films
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Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 09:05:07 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 23 09:05:07 1985
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They don't just use hand-tint to color old black and white films. 
Coputers now put color in.  There was an article in some magazine a year
ago (I think it was Popular Science) in which they discussed this
computer coloring technique.  They also had 2 pictures comparing the B&W
Topper and the computerized color frame of Topper.
I saw this computer coloring in a special showing of "The Miniature" (it
was an old hour long Twilight Zone that was just released into
syndication) on WSBK Boston TV.  They had the "magical" scenes glow with
the computer generated color.  It wasn't too hot.  If I were you, I'd
just stick with watching the films in B&W.  In my opinion you shouldn't
color such films made famous in B&W.  Could you see Casablanca in a poor
tinted color on your TV set or in your movie theater ?

Patricia White.