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amusement dollar including radio and This price reduction was made volun- Technicolor, Inc.Earnings
have become more numerous
television tarily by TECHNICOLOR, and comes in a
and more competitive in recent years, period of generally rising prices. In view First Nine Months of 1953
and consequently as a general proposi- of current industry conditions — particu-
The consolidated net profit after taxes
tion you might expect less money to be larly the failure of themotion picture in-
available for any one of them, such as dustry to obtain theater admission tax on income of Technicolor, Inc., for the
the motion picture theatre. relief —
the present price reduction an- nine months ended September 30, 1953,
nounced by TECHNICOLOR should be is estimated to be $2,121,518, equiva-
The motion picture industry is meet-
most timely. lent to $1.10 per share on the new stock
ing these challenges by presenting bet-
In a letter sent by Dr. Kalmus to cus- outstanding, as compared to $1,499,507,
ter motion pictures to the public and in
tomers he said, in part: or 80 cents per share (shares adjusted to
more attractive form. CinemaScope, Cin-
“We are pleased to announce a re- new stock basis), for the first nine months
erama, 3-D and Todd-American Optical
duction of ,35c per foot the price of of 1952, according to Dr. Herbert T.
are attempts in this direction. TECHNI-
in
all 35mmRelease Prints, including the Kalmus, President and General Manager.
COLOR is in the midst of it all.
leader footage, made by our Dye Trans-
We number among our customers prac-
every important producer in Hol-
tically
lywood, and we are working with most Technicolor Credit
of them on one or another of these Critics Hail "Robe’s"
processes. Phrases Explained
In connection with this work a very Color by Technicolor
important recent development has ema- Technicolor has received a number of
nated from the research, technical and Press and public praise of an un-
requests from exhibitors and others for
engineering departments of TECHNICOL- precedented nature greeted 20th Century-
clarification of the credits “Color by
OR. This development permits the pro- Fox's first CinemaScope picture, “The
TECHNICOLOR" and “Print by TECHNI-
ducer now to have his choice of using Robe," in Color by TECHNICOLOR, at its
COLOR."
the special TECHNICOLOR three-strip New York and Hollywood openings.
“Color by TECHNICOLOR" is a credit
cameras, or single-strip color negative As we go to press, the critical com- phrase used for motion pictures in color
such as Eastman color negative or Ansco ment includes the following: which have been controlled through all
color negative through any black and “A new era in motion picture history
stages from the original negative or
white motion picture camera, and from began last night on the Roxy Theatre “taking" film supplied or developed by
the negative of whichever one of these magic mirror screen when 20th Century-
the Technicolor companies to the positive
he chooses, having his prints made by Fox unveiled its long awaited Technicolor
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
TECHNICOLOR using the standard TECH- production of 'The Robe' in the new
NICOLOR dye transfer process or by process known as CinemaScope." Kate —
TECHNICOLOR using color positive such Cameron in The New York Daily News.
as Eastman color positive or Ansco color Sherwin Kane in Motion Picture Daily TECHN (COLOR
positive. That is added flexibility for the reported that “Images were clear and NEWS & VIEWS
producer. well-lighted, without fuzziness at edges."
Vol. XV November, 1 953 No. 2
It is apparent that producers generally The Color by TECHNICOLOR, he said,
Published from time to time by
feel that color is more important than “was rich-hued and deep, and illusions Technicolor Motion Picture Corp.
ever with the new screen techniques. I of depth were numerous." HERBERT T. KALMUS, President
believe that the motion picture industry Color by TECHNICOLOR and stereo- 6311 Romaine Street
ison the threshold of a new era in which phonic sound “added enormously to the Hollywood 38, California
Color by TECHNICOLOR will have an in- illusion," in the opinion of Philip K. Margaret Ettinger, Editor
creasingly important place. Scheurer of The Los Angeles Times.
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EXHIBITORS, ATTENTION! This full-page color portrait of beautiful ARLENE DAHL is the ninth in a series of such portraits suitable for framing for
your theatre lobby, of motion picture stars who have added luster to films in Color by TECHNICOLOR, and so have won a place in the TECHNICOLOR
HALL OF FAME. Miss Dahl is currently appearing in "Sangaree," a Pine-Thomas production in Color by TECHNICOLOR, released by Paramount.
“THIS IS CINERAMA" — Cinerama
CINERAMA uses three strips of film projected simultaneously by three synchronized pro-
jectors set at48° angles to each other. The three images form a continuous panoramic
scene on a screen covering a field of vision 146° wide and 55 high —
over 4 V2 times
as large as the conventional screen. To keep a line from appearing where the three im-
ages meet, tiny comblike bits of steel in each projector at the side of the film track,
vibrate up and down to blend the edges of the film image.
The motion picture industry in the United States is now at a is being sponsored by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
third point in its evolution — three-dimensional and wide screen and is called “CinemaScope." In this method of presentation the
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mat and Wide Screen Motion Pictures
the help and cooperation of Technicolor Motion Picture Corpora- the goal of perfected color on the screen seemed very far. It took
tion's British affiliate. Technicolor Limited, photographed the years of research and development, of methods tried and found
stereoscopic film "Royal River" in Color by TECHNICOLOR for the wanting, of subsquent procedures that proved successful, to
Festival of Britain. bring present-day Color by TECHNICOLOR to the screen.
As yet there has been no process yielding three-dimensional Before color had really succeeded on the screen, the motion
pictures which does not require the audience to wear glasses or picture industry underwent the great change of replacing the
attachments of some sort. silent film with sound. In all the great evolution periods of the
There are a number of variations in the wide screen field. All industry, TECHNICOLOR has been
exceptionally equipped, by long
the major studios are now using screens in this category. experience and scientific study, to meet the needs of the cine-
TECHNICOLOR cooperating with most of the new processes,
is matic art.
in the interests of the motion picture industry, through the means Today, as a recession from sound is unthinkable, so is it cer-
of any device which will enhance the entertainment value or tain that increased emphasis will be placed on the use of color.
lower the cost of screen presentation entertainment. Cinerama has signed a contract with TECHNICOLOR for the use
TECHNICOLOR was especially well equipped to deal with the of Colorby TECHNICOLOR in its productions. Twentieth Century-
changes indicated by the new processes. The company has always Fox has announced that all of its CinemaScope pictures will be
strongly believed in operating a vigorous and growing research produced with Color by TECHNICOLOR.
department, and is in an improved position to give the motion At the present writing it is still too early to forecast with any
picture industry the laboratory service and prints it requires.. degree of accuracy what definite course the screen's evolution
TECHNICOLOR has evolved a three-dimensional camera system willtake whether one idea or process will dominate or if
. . .
of its own, using two of its regular three-strip cameras with a various techniques will function concurrently.
connecting optical system. The first picture thus photographed is It may
be predicted, however, that whichever course or courses
"Money from Home," a Hal Wallis production for Paramount. screen development may take, TECHNICOLOR will be in the position
At all points i.n its evolution the motion picture industry has it now occupies —
the soundest guarantee of box office attraction.
aimed at increasing the entertainment value of its product. The progress of the cinematic art naturally includes an in-
It expected that the coming of the new techniques will
is creased movement toward the use of color. The advent of the new
bring appreciably nearer the day of the all-color screen. wide angle and/or three-dimensional processes should mean an
In the pioneer days of motion picture photography in color. increasing demand for the services and products of TECHNICOLOR.
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Zeckmcolor
CURRENTLY RELEASED "Sea Devils" (British)
— Coronado Prods. (England) Ltd., RKO
“Affair at Monte Carlo'' (British) "Second Chance — RKO
— A.B.P.C., Allied Artists "Seminole" — Univ.-lnt'l
1
All Ashore'' — Columbia "Serpent of the Nile" — Columbia
“Ambush at Tomahawk Gap" — Columbia "Shane" — Paramount
— Columbia
“Arena"
“Arrowhead" — Nat — M-G-M "Siren of
"Small Town Girl"
Bagdad"
— M-G-M
Paramount
Holt,
“Band Wagon, The"
“Beggar's Opera, The" (British)
— M-G-M "Sombrero" — M-G-M
"So This Is Love" Warner Bros.
—
Imperadio Pictures, Ltd., Warner Bros. "Stars Are Singing, The" Paramount —
“Below the Sahara" —
RKO Pathe, Inc., RKO "Story of Three Loves" M-G-M —
“By the Light of the Silvery Moon" Warner Bros. — "Stranger Wore a Gun, The'
“Call Me Madam"
“City of Bad Men" [formerly “Fight
— 20th Century-Fox (formerly "I Ride Alone'" Columbia —
Town") "Sword and the Rose, The" (British)
"THE LIVING DESERT"
— 20th Century-Fox —
Walt Disney British Films, Ltd RKO
Disney “Column South" — Univ.-lnt'l "Take Me to Town" —
“Conquest of Cochise" — Columbia "Taza, Son of Cochise"
Univ.-lnt'l
Univ.-lnt'l —
"Dangerous When Wet" — M-G-M "This Cinerama"
Is — Cinerama
“Desert Legion" — Univ.-lnt'l “Thunder Bay" —
“Desert Song" — Warner Bros. "Titfield Thunderbolt, The"
Univ.-lnt'l
“Powder River"
Nat Holt, Paramount
—
20th Century-Fox
"Carnival Story" — RKO
King Bros.,
“Queen Is Crowned, A" (British)
“Raiders of the Seven Seas"
—
G.F.D., Univ.-lnt'l
"Casanova's Big Night"
(formerly “Mr. Casanova") — Paramount
— Edward Small, United Artists “Charge of the Lancers"
"Cruisin' Down the River"
— Columbia
— Columbia
“Return to Paradise" (British)
— Aspen Prods. Ltd., United Artists "Demetrius and the Gladiators"
— 20th Century-Fox
“Ride, Vaquero"
“Robe, The" — — M-G-M "Doctor
(formerly “The Gladiators")
the House, A" (British)
20th Century-Fox in
“Salome" — Columbia —
G.F.D. -Group Film Productions Ltd.
“Sangaree" — Pine-Thomas, Paramount "Drums of Tahiti" Columbia —
“Scandal at Scourie" — M-G-M "Duel in the Jungle" (British)
Zeckmcolor
“Aero-Nutics — Famous, Par. "Firemen's Brawl" — Famous, Par.
“Baby Wants a Battle" — Famous, Par. "Flying Turtle" — Lantz, U-l
"Bargain Days" — Terrytoons, 20th-Fox "Football Now and Then" — RKO Disney,
"Better Bait than Never" —
— Famous, Par. "For Whom the Bull Toils" — RKO Disney,
"Bully for Bugs" W.B. Cartoons "Gone Fishin" — W.B. Cartoons
"By the Old Mill Scream" — Famous, Par. "Half Palomino"
Pint — M-G-M
"Cattails for Two" — W.B. Cartoons "Herman, — Famous,
the Catoonist" Par.
—
— —W.B.
“Catty Cornered" Cartoons "How Dance"
to RKO Disney,
"Christopher Crumpet" United Prods., Col. "How Keep Cool"
to — 20th-Fox
Terrytoons,
"Copenhagen, City of Towers" — M-G-M
FitzPatrick, "Invention Convention" — Famous, Par.
“Delightful Denmark" — — M-G-M
FitzPatrick, "Johannesburg, Gold" —
City of M-G-M FitzPatrick,
"Don's Fountain of Youth" — M-G-M
"Drinks on the Mouse" — Famous, RKODisney,
Par.
"Just
"King
Ducky"
Sky"
of the — U-l
"Duck Dodgers of the 24 V 2 Century" — W.B Cartoons "LittleBoo Peep" — Famous, Par.
"Duck Rabbit Duck"
"Easy Peckins"
— W.B Cartoons "LittleJohnny Jet" — M-G-M
W.B. - Cartoons "Little Mouse Menace"
Roquefort in
"Fiesta Frolics" — U-l — 20th-Fox
Terrytoons,
i
feature Schedule
"East of Sumatra" — Univ.-lnt'l "Rose Marie" — M-G-M
— —
— WarnerM-G-M
"Easy to Love" "Saskatchewan" -
-Univ.-lnt'l
"Eddie Cantor Story, The"
"Elephant Walk" — Paramount Bros. "Slaves of Babylon" — Columbia
—
— RKO
"Son of Sinbad"
"Far Country" — Univ.-lnt'l "Stand at Apache River,' The"
"Father's Doing Fine" (British) — A.B.P.C., Stratford "Summer Storm" (British) Lux Film, — Rome
Univ.-lnt'l
"Jet Pilot"
"King of the Khyber Rifles" —
— RKO IN PRODUCTION
20th Century-Fox
"Kiss and the Sword, The" — Columbia
"Kiss Me Kate" — M-G-M "Annapolis Story" —
"Knock on Wood" —
Dena, Paramount "Attila, Scourge of God" (British)
Allied Artists
— —
"Living Desert, The" Disney "Black Prince, The" (British) A.B.P.C.
"Long, Long Trailer, The" M-G-M "Broncho Apache" Linden Prods.
"Lost Treasure of the Amazon" "Casa Ricordi" (British). — Documento Rome
— Pine-Thomas, Paramount "Cinerama # 1
-
— Cinerama Films,
— Columbia — Rome
Ponti Laurentiis,
"Nebraskan, The" "Lady and Tramp"
the
"Night People" (formerly "The Cannibals") "Magnificent Obsession" — Disney Univ.-lnt'l
20th Century-Fox - "Mambo" — de
(British) RomePonti Laurentiis,
"O'Leary Night" (British) —
A.B.P.C.-Anglofilm Ltd. "Miraflores" —
"Port of Spain" (British)
"Prince of Bagdad"
—
Film Locations Ltd.
—
"Parisienne, La" — Lansburgh, Disney
(British) Films Ariane, Paris
Univ.-lnt'l "Purple Plain, The"
"Prince Valiant" — Century-Fox
20th —
(British)
-Two G.F.D. Cities Films Ltd.
"Prisoner of the Casbah" — Columbia "Saracen Blade" — Columbia
"Rainbow Jacket" (British) (formerly "SilverNutmeg, The"
"Newmarket Heath") — G.F.D. -Ealing Studios Ltd. — "Mayflower" (British)
Pictures Corp., Ltd.
"Red Garters" — Paramount "Sodom and Gomorrah" —
— — Warner Rome Titanus,
(British)
"Rhapsody"
"Ride Clear of Diablo" — M-G-M
Univ.-lnt'l
"Star is
"Tanganyika"
A"
Born,
— Bros.
Short Subjects
"Magoo's Masterpiece" — United Prods., Col. "Surf Bored" — Famous,
"Maw and Paw" — Lantz, U-l "TV Tomorrow" — Par.
— M-G-M
of
"Melody" —
— RKO My Pup"
Disney, "That's M-G-M
"Mouse and the Lion" Lantz, U-l "Timid Scarecrow, The" -Terrytoons, 20th-Fox
"New Neighbor" — RKO Disney, "Toreadorable" — Famous, Par.
"No Place Like Rome" — Famous, :
Par. "Travel Quiz" — M-G-M
"North Pal" — Famous, Par. "Unicorn in the Garden" ——
"Operation Sawdust" — Lantz, U-l "Walky Talky Hawky"
United Prods., Col.
— W.B.
"Plop Goes the Weasel" — W.B. Cartoons
— M-G-M
Cartoons
"Popeye's Mirthday" — Famous, Par.
"Wee Willie Wild Cat"
"Red Hot Riding Hood"
-
— M-G-M "When Mousehood Was in Flower"
-Terrytoons, 20th-Fox
"Reluctant Pup"
"Royal Mounties'
- Terrytoons,
— Warner20th-Fox
Bros.
"Where the Tradewinds Play" — Warner Bros.
"Safety Spin" — United Prods., Col. "Wild Over You" W.B. Cartoons
"Southern Fried Rabbit" — W.B. Cartoons "Winner by a Hare" — Famous, Par.
"Sparky the Firefly" — -
— W.B.Terrytoons, 20th-Fox "Wrestling Wrecks" — Lantz, U-l
"Street Cat Named Sylvester, A' Cartoons "Zipping Along" — W.B. Cartoons
Warners — New York — Stanley-Warner Theatres Fox — San Francisco Mayfair — New York — Brandts' Theatres
Fox West Coast
Technicolor Credit
Phrases Explained
CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO
TECHNICOLOR
IS THE REGISTERED TRADE-MARK OF
Karl Thiede
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Media History Digital Library
www.mediahistoryproject.org