The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915–1935
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (833 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0935398287 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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James Layton is Manager of the Museum of Modern Art's Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center. He was formerly the Head of Preservation and Curator of the National Film and Television Archive at the British Film Institute. His articles have appeared in numerous journals, and his report on the survival of American silent feature films was published by the Library of Congress in 2013. Prior to this he worked at George Eastman House in Ro
Despite success in the laboratory and in small-scale production, the company was plagued by repeated disappointments. The authors chart the making of pivotal films in the process, from the troubled productions of Ben-Hur (1925) and The Mysterious Island (1926-29), to the early short films in Technicolor's groundbreaking three-color process: Walt Disney's animated Flowers and Trees (1932) and the live-action La Cucaracha (1934). With the support of patient investors and the visionary leadership of Herbert T. Published to coincide with Technicolor's centennial in 2015, The Dawn of Technicolor recounts the beginnings of one of the most widely recognized names in the American film industry, reconstructing the company's early years from a wealth of previously unavailable internal documentation, studio production files, contemporary accounts and unpublished interviews. The Dawn of Technicolor investigates these vital make-or-break years, as the fir
Neibaur, Examiner)"The Dawn of Technicolor is, in fact, essentially a business history, with modern-day echoes in the story of Pixar's decades-long effort to bring computer technology to old-school animation. (Leonard Maltin Indiewire) . The end result is a reference book with immense value for historians of both business and film--a thorough account of the technology that made Tinseltown glow." (Farran Smith Nehme, The Wall Street Journal)"There are illustrations to delight a cinephile, including reproductions of actual frames of nitrate film. Surowiec). Pierce and Layton have set the bar very high. Many entries are accompanied by frame enlargements from surviving prints or fragments of printsfrom an image of
More textbook than photo book kate gabrielle I just received this in the mail today, so I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but I wanted to leave a review in case anyone else was thinking this was a photo book. The book is mostly text, with some small pictures sprinkled throughout. There are a handful (just flipping through I'd guess maybe 15-20?) of full page photos, but most are about 1/4 or 1/5 page. Since the description boasts that the book is "lavishly illustrated" with more th. Great read, terrific resource, lacking some technical info. Bill Taylor This book describes the many steps in Technicolor's development through its early history as a continuously evolving two color process, ending as the refined three-color Technicolor process is used to film "Becky Sharp". One hopes a second volume is forthcomng!It includes hundreds of color images (ranging from full page to double-size reproductions of actual film clips), many of which have never been published before, and a filmography of det. "Highly recommended history of Technicolor" according to Col. William Russell (ret). Here is a book that belongs in every true cinema fan's library. It's not the usual story about studios and films that have been told countless times before. This is the history of Technicolor and very well written. Also of value is the chronology of films that had any Technicolor parts including what, if any, of the films and color components remain today. Fascinating reading.