A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
000294
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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280 THE TALKING PICTURE The year 1935 saw the first feature-length picture to be made entirely in the newly developed threecolor technicolor process. This was Becky Sharp, a screen version of Thackeray's Vanity Fair, with Miriam Hopkins in the title role. This view, taken during the filming of the picture, shows Becky together with Rawdon Crawley. The technicolor camera is in the center— much bulkier than the ordinary black-and-white camera, since it exposes three negatives simultaneously. In the right foreground is the sound engineer, who keeps the "level" of the dialogue uniform as it is transmitted to the sound booth. Rouben Mamoulian, the director, wearing glasses, is seated in the center, clasping his hands. BELOW Marlene Dietrich appeared in The Devil Is a Woman, with the screen play by John Dos Passos, and it was not a success. Here is Miss Dietrich with Lionel Atwill. This was the last picture of the Dietrich-von Sternberg combination made for Paramount.