the first color movie was made in hollywood and released in nyc on november 26, 1922.
the first color movie was made in hollywood and released in nyc on november 26, 1922.
when was the first color movie made in hollywood and released in nyc?
november 26, 1922
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in 1922, technicolor made their second feature and also the first movie made in their second color process, called process 2. the movie was "the toll of the sea". it was the first color feature made in hollywood. the movie starred anna may wong. wong never thought the movie would ever make it to the screen, but it did. in 1923, paramount pictures made the cecil b. de mille partial technicolor epic "the ten commandments", which would be remade 33 years later by demille in 1956, also in color by technicolor. also in 1923, prizma was used to film the 1923 version of "vanity fair". the third feature to be filmed entirely in color by technicolor was "wanderer of the wasteland", today a lost film, released in 1924. it was advertised as being filmed in 100% natural color. technicolor made many more silent films in color through the years, but in 1929, the first talking picture to use a color (technicolor) sequence was "the broadway melody". the color hues of that sequence are lost; the sequence only survives in black-and-white television prints from the 1950s. that year, warner bros. made the first all color-all talking movie, "on with the show", which also only survives in black and white, with only a small fragment of surviving color, found in 2005. later in 1929, the first color talking movies were being made, such as "paris" (warner bros.), "rio rita" (rko, first rko color movie, color sequenced), "sally" (warner bros., third all-color, all-talking feature), "gold diggers of broadway" (warner bros., second all-color, all-talking feature), "the hollywood revue" (mgm's second musical, after "the broadway melody") and many more. most of the color talking movies made in 1929 mostly survive in 1950s black-and-white television copies or with color sequences cut. in 1929, technicolor was so busy filming color movies that the warner bros. musical revue "the show of shows" (1929), which was originally going to be filmed in full color, had to be filmed only mostly in color, with 21 minutes in black and white, a seventeen-minute section of part one and a four-minute opening of part two. while most companies used technicolor, william fox, owner of fox movie corporation, used multicolor.
natural color