First colour sound movieThis page was last revised on 2009-06-08. NB Full references to printed sources may be found at the foot of this page.
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First 2-colour sound movie |
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La Chauve souris, 1923 |
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Franco-Russian ballet company La Chauve Souris performed excerpts of their Broadway revue La Chauve souris (The Bat) by Nikita Balieff in this film produced in two-strip Technicolor and the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. It was presented at the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15 April 1923. Phonofilm 35mm spherical format. While a soundtrack was recorded for the entire film, only certain sequences had sound in release prints. These prints were exhibited in England, Japan and Australia. [Silent Era] The film's survival status is unknown. The earliest surviving 2-colour sound movie was The Viking, released on 2 November 1928, a day after the now lost The Cavalier. Released with synchronized music and sound effects, it was one of the last productions without audible dialogue. The sound was provided by an optical Movietone track and the colour was by Technicolor in their two-component dye transfer process. [Basten (2005), Wikipedia]
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First surviving 2-colour sound movie (and feature film) including the human voice (male and female) |
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The Broadway Melody, 1929 |
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This MGM production, produced by Harry Rapf, was directed by Harry Beaumont, with cinematography by John Arnold and sound recording engineering by Douglas Shearer, the sound version being edited by Sam S. Zimbalist. It premiered in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 1 February 1929, with general release on 6 June 1929. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture. [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? Sequences, including the “Wedding of the Painted Doll”, were filmed in the two-strip Technicolor process. It is in full sound, filmed in the Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system. Colour/B&W : 10 reels / 9372 feet / 111 minutes. Survival Status: Print exists [35mm positive]. [Silent Era] The first all-talking, all-colour movie was On with the Show, premiered on 28 May 1929. Only about a minute of the Technicolor footage survives. [IMDB]
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First 3-colour sound feature film including the human voice (male and female) |
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Becky Sharp, 1935 |
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The first feature filmed in 3-strip Technicolor, Becky Sharp was released on 28 June 1935. Producers: Kenneth Macgown and Rouben Mamoulian; director: Rouben Mamoulian. [Basten (2005)]
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Earliest-born person whose voice was recorded in a colour sound film |
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Little information yet located. Thomas Jefferson (1856-1932) was the oldest person to appear in On with the Show, and older than anyone in La Chauve souris, Becky Sharp or The Broadway Melody.
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Earliest-born woman whose voice was recorded in a colour sound film |
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Little information yet located. Mrs Leslie Carter (1862-1937) was the oldest woman to appear in Becky Sharp, and older than any in La Chauve souris, The Broadway Melody or On with the Show.
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© 2009 Benjamin S. Beck |
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