Technicolor collection, 1918-1965

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Summary

Creators:
Technicolor, Inc.
Extent:
21.5 linear feet of papers. 3 linear feet of photographs.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

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:

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:

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.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
333 S. La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211, US
Contact:
(310) 247-3036 extension 2226
specialcollections@oscars.org
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