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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 14, 2017 17:43:19 GMT
This is a bit of a random question, I admit, but what are your favourite colour films of the 1930s?
Mine include "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Divorce of Lady X". I've been needing to re-watch The Adventures of Robin Hood.
How about you?
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Post by Froggy on Feb 14, 2017 18:03:00 GMT
Gone With the Wind comes to mind.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Feb 14, 2017 20:09:11 GMT
Oz, Robin Hood and The Four Feathers.
I've always been intrigued by the fact that Selznick used color in films like ASIB and Nothing Sacred (his financial backer, Jock Whitney, was also a major investor in Technicolor) where it wasn't really appropriate, but a Selznick film that could have used it, Zenda, was in B&W.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2017 3:52:55 GMT
Obviously Robin Hood, Oz, and GWTW, but? The original "Wax Museum" for being so old, with the two strip technicolor.
Here's some 'two strip technicolor' from 1929:
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2017 14:50:46 GMT
Gone With The Wind
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 16, 2017 21:40:46 GMT
The color palette in The Adventures of Robin Hood just pops, as it does in Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind. Last of the Mohicans is also quite colorful.
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 17, 2017 1:16:22 GMT
Obviously Robin Hood, Oz, and GWTW, but? The original "Wax Museum" for being so old, with the two strip technicolor. Here's some 'two strip technicolor' from 1929: Is there anyone but me who finds that looming image of the ark pretty danged scary? And isn't that first woman we see a very young Joan Crawford? |
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Post by alpha128 on Feb 17, 2017 1:42:45 GMT
Obviously Robin Hood, Oz, and GWTW, but? The original "Wax Museum" for being so old, with the two strip technicolor. A year before "Mystery of the Wax Museum", Michael Curtiz also directed Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray in the horror/sci-fi film "Doctor X", which was also released in two strip technicolor. "Doctor X" is available on DVD as part of the Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2017 2:02:41 GMT
Yea, sure it's all faded and fainted. But? It needed to happen. I like my history.
Of course 'two strip' Technicolor sucks compared to 3 strip. But? Hey, one step at a time. I'm a bit of a history nut.
Peace.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2017 19:02:26 GMT
Obviously Robin Hood, Oz, and GWTW, but? The original "Wax Museum" for being so old, with the two strip technicolor. Here's some 'two strip technicolor' from 1929: Is there anyone but me who finds that looming image of the ark pretty danged scary? And isn't that first woman we see a very young Joan Crawford? Darn good eye! Yes, I believe that is Joan Crawford! Caught Buster Keaton in there somewhere, too. He was still a serious "A" lister in 1929. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2017 19:04:17 GMT
Obviously Robin Hood, Oz, and GWTW, but? The original "Wax Museum" for being so old, with the two strip technicolor. Yes, I have that DVD as well! Good call! |
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Post by teleadm on Feb 17, 2017 19:37:12 GMT
OK I'm new here!!!
And started a discussion about "wizard of Oz" and The Blue Bird, in the old discussion in Giviving up Imdb, they all said The Blue Bird had a great fire scene as the the only redeeming thing, any pics on that great fire scenes??
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 17, 2017 20:11:52 GMT
Yes, I have that DVD as well! Good call! Fay Wray did a lot of screaming back then! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2017 21:09:10 GMT
Yes, I have that DVD as well! Good call! Fay Wray did a lot of screaming back then! Yes, she sure did!!!  |
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Post by naterdawg on Feb 17, 2017 21:17:46 GMT
One thing I could never figure out, in either the original Wax Museum or the Price version...are we to believe he wore an immobile mask of WAX throughout both movies, and nobody noticed?!
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Post by Nick91 on Feb 17, 2017 22:30:56 GMT
Has anyone here seen The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair from 1939? |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Feb 17, 2017 22:39:50 GMT
Has anyone here seen The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair from 1939? Yes, I have! I found it very interesting. Amazing that they went to so much effort for that film, to the point of filming it in colour. For those who haven't seen it, it is public domain and can be seen here: archive.org/details/middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939 |
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Post by alpha128 on Feb 18, 2017 0:10:33 GMT
Yes, I have (the Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection) DVD as well! Good call! Thanks! |
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Post by outrider127 on Feb 18, 2017 3:37:16 GMT
Drums Along The Mohawk(1939) with Henry Fonda
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Post by Nick91 on Feb 19, 2017 21:24:33 GMT
Has anyone here seen The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair from 1939? Yes, I have! I found it very interesting. Amazing that they went to so much effort for that film, to the point of filming it in colour. For those who haven't seen it, it is public domain and can be seen here: archive.org/details/middleton_family_worlds_fair_1939If I remember correctly, the non-movie footage of the same 1939 New York World's Fair was also shot in colour. I guess they really wanted to showcase their technological advancements to the rest of the world. I particularly found it fascinating when the guide talked about microfilmed information being the equivalent of collections of books (at around minute 12) and other printed media. That's basically what online encyclopedias (or just Internet in general) has been providing us in the 21st century. Also, the following scene presents television almost a decade before it became a mainstream household item. And the then-teenager Jimmy Lydon is still with us at age 93; it probably amazes him to see how far we've come. The funniest scene is where the Jimmy Stewart-lookalike dad looks confused as hell when he sees the abstract painting (41:55) hah!  |
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