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which hardened the gelatin layer where it had been exposed and developed. Those areas corresponding to the blocked out areas on the print remained relatively soft and capable of taking up dye. This dyed matrix film was brought into contact, in accurate register, with a positive print, to which the dye transferred in the appropriate areas. The print made several passes through the dye transfer machines, in contact with a separate matrix for each color. Usually, three colors were applied at the most.
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Handschiegl described the invention thus: A separate, black-and-white print for each color to be applied was made. Using an opaque paint, portions of the image where color was to be applied were blocked out. A duplicate negative was made from the painted print and developed in a tanning developer,
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Surviving examples of the process show that this technique was not always used. In some examples, stencils or simple hand coloring were employed. The process used most likely depended on variables such as speed and budget.
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For a time, the process was strictly used for Paramount releases only, but when Handschiegl and Wyckoff left Famous Players–Lasky, the process became known as the Handschiegl Color Process. Aside from
384:(1927) – Was used as visual effects for flames and explosions. Though the original negative was lost, the film's Handschiegl effects have been recreated for its latest restoration. 73: 481:"Paramount Home Entertainment Proudly Presents the Very First Best Picture Academy Award Winner on Blu-ray and DVD for the First Time Ever - WINGS" 125: 46:, App: Nov 20, 1916, Iss: May 13, 1919) produced motion picture film prints with color artificially added to selected areas of the image. 459: 88:. The system was originally advertised as the "Wyckoff" process, and later referred to in publicity as the "DeMille-Wyckoff" process. 280: 507: 300: 414: 236: 208: 103:, the Handschiegl process was the most widely used form of artificial coloring in motion pictures of the 1920s. 372: 240:(1923) – The crossing of the red sea had a blue tone and red Handschiegel technique on the masses crossing it 284:(1925) – The title character's flowing robes on the rooftop of the Opera House were dramatically colored red 352:(1926) – In a barbershop scene, too-hot towels are removed from Johnny Hines' face, which is lobster-red. 272: 182: 162:(1917) – Red and yellow gave the scene of Joan of Arc burning at the stake a heightened dramatic effect 80:, with assistance from Loren Taylor. All three were technicians at the studio where the film was shot, 409: 196: 332: 81: 16: 434: 455: 348: 264: 228: 22: 142: 404: 364: 8: 248:(1925) – A shot of an ambulance stuck in the mud had its red cross colored appropriately 324: 150: 394: 380: 340: 308: 293: 288: 252: 85: 356: 316: 63: 224:) (1922) – A party sequence had soap bubbles imbibed with several prismatic colors 216: 174: 166: 132:) formed the company. In 1928, Kelley Color was, in turn, bought by Harriscolor. 244: 158: 68: 256:(1925) – Erich Von Stroheim's original 4-hour cut of the film was to have all 100: 42: 36: 501: 77: 399: 51: 456:"Academy's First Best Picture, "Wings," Returns to the Silver Screen" 128:
in 1927 when Handschiegl and William Van Doren Kelley (inventor of
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dyes were applied to a black-and-white print using gelatin
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The Handschiegl process was incorporated as part of
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Index


Lights of Old Broadway
U.S. patent 1,303,836
U.S. patent 1,303,837
Aniline
imbibition
Cecil B. DeMille
Joan the Woman
Max Handschiegl
Alvin W. Wyckoff
Famous Players–Lasky
Paramount Studios
Pathé
stencil
Pathéchrome
Kelley Color
Prizma
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance
Joan the Woman
The Devil-Stone
Broken Blossoms
Treasure Island
Roman Candles
The Three Musketeers
A Blind Bargain
Red Lights
The Ten Commandments
The Big Parade
Greed

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