StevenA
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I'm pretty sure Manhattan falls under this category (horrifying to think, isn't it?).I find that very hard to believe.
I'm pretty sure Manhattan falls under this category (horrifying to think, isn't it?).I find that very hard to believe.
Manhattan was filmed in black and white.That's what I thought!
I believe that the Son of Frankenstein was filmed (or at least started to be filmed) in color. However they did not like the way the Monster's makeup looked in color. I have seen color footage taken of Karloff in full makeup that was taken on the set.The footage that you saw was home movies taken by the Karloffs.
There WERE Techinicolor tests run for the film, adding up to about a reel's worth, but they were lost in the later 40s. The reel was rediscovered in the late 80s, and then swiped right off of a Universal employee's desk, probably lost forever.
A minor correction but Reflections In A Golden Eye was never intended to be seen in B&W but a golden sepia hue with red the only color that "seeped" through. I saw it in its 1967 theatrical opening and it looked gorgeous. It's just not the same film in color.Agreed. This was one of 3 experiments John Huston did with a process he referred to as 'desaturation.' The film was printed with both black and white and colour negatives, thus draining most of the colour out of the film and presenting an effect resembling early colour lithographs. The other two films he made this way were Moby Dick and Moulin Rouge (1952).