Word: technicolors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...company. Its product became bad, and business soon fell to nothing. Dr. Kalmus turned the tide by what he calls "an osmotic oozing toward perfection." He developed the two-color process into a three-color one (red, green and blue), thus could reproduce every shade of color. This gave Technicolor a virtual monopoly on three-color pictures. Dr. Kalmus has done his best to keep it that way, by his tight control of every phase of operations...
There are only 25 Technicolor cameras in existence (21 in Hollywood, four in England), and they belong to the company. It does not rent them, sell color film, or lend advisers. It simply "sells a service," i.e., films the production for movie companies. The charge is a basic price of 6.22? a foot for final prints (last year's footage...
Though the Kalmuses were divorced in 1944, Natalie's name still appears on all screen credits for Technicolor. She is credited with being a top color expert herself and was in charge of the color control department (which advises directors on proper clothing colors) for years. One apocryphal story is that her abnormally sensitive eyes perceive colors no one else...
Jaundiced View. Kalmus' ambition is to have all A films made in Technicolor. The biggest obstacle at present is his own company; it needs six months to get out color prints and moviemakers hate to wait that long. Otherwise, most moviemakers would probably be glad to make all their A pictures in Technicolor. The Government takes a different view. As owner of the onetime German company, General Aniline & Film Corp., the Government has a three-color process of its own. It claimed that Technicolor deals with moviemakers - and others - were making it hard to market General Aniline...
Last August the Government charged Technicolor and Eastman Kodak Co., which the Government charges has cross-licensing agreements with Technicolor, with conspiracy to monopolize the industry. But Dr. Kalmus does not profess to be worried about the suit. He insists that his color processes are well known and no secret. Said he: "The only secret knowledge we have is know-how and you can't break up know-how by court order...