Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Technicolor collection
- Dates:
- 1918-1965
- Creators:
- Technicolor, Inc.
- Extent:
- 21.5 linear feet of papers. 3 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Technicolor collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Technicolor collection spans the years 1918-1965 and encompasses 24.5 linear feet. The collection contains business records, including film continuities; a stock shot card index; notes for a series of Technicolor educational lectures; miscellaneous files containing script material, correspondence, and clippings; four scrapbooks; and Technicolor motion picture film frames. The 49 film continuity volumes span the years 1936-1962 and offer detailed scene continuity and film footage counts on approximately 3,750 features and short subjects. The photograph series consists of 8,392 items, primarily original 35mm Technicolor motion picture film frames for 137 films.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, an American company that developed a motion picture process for color cinematography, was formed in 1915. The process was developed by engineers Herbert Kalmus and Daniel Comstock. Hundreds of films were released with the credit "Color by Technicolor" during the company's heyday in the 1940s and 1950s. Technicolor has received more than half a dozen scientific and technical awards from the Academy, and was honored with a 1939 Special Award. Long the industry standard for color printing, Technicolor maintains a laboratory in North Hollywood, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Technicolor, Tom Tarr, Maria Tarr (on behalf of the Tom Tarr estate), and Clara Nielsen, 1977- 1989
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Subject files; 3. Scrapbooks; 4. Photographs, subseries A-C as follows: A. Motion picture production; B. Biography; C. Subject
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- business records
- Names:
- Technicolor, Inc.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: December 16, 2013
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Technicolor collection, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226