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Subject: Re: First Color Films (Oz)
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Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 17:45:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 17:45:50 1985
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> > One interesting fact about color films.  The process was discovered in
> > the middle of the filming of the Wizard of Oz.  They decided not to 
> > reshoot all the parts they had already done.  That's why the scenes in
> > Kansas are in black and white and you don't have any color until they
> > hit Munchkinland.
> > ellen bart
> 
> Are you serious, Ellen? I don't see any smiley faces in your posting, but
> you must be kidding. TWoO was released in 1939, all of the other postings
> in this discussion date the beginning of color films in the late 20's or
> early 30's, depending on the process.
> 
>                     Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Automation Systems

As I remember hearing it, what poped up in the middle of shooting was
not color film but the process called TECHNICOLOR(tm).  The major benifits of
TECHNICOLOR(tm) were 1) a "truer" more vibrant color reproduction (redder reds,
greener greens, etc...) and 2) The color didn't fade (!!!!!), until the advent
of the TECHNICOLOR(tm) process color films were only good for a few dozen
showings before the colors started becomeing dull and fading into the
primaries.  It was for this reason that a bunch of film was trashed and
a few scenes were reshot.

(I believe TECHNICOLOR is a tradmark of somebody.)

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