Movies 'Til Dawn Blog

‘ON WITH THE SHOW’–COLORS OF 1929

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehIgyCJy5Q ‘On With The Show’ (1929) was the first all talking movie in color. Unfortunately the only surviving prints are in black and white, though as you’ll see in the above and below clips, fragments of the color print have somehow survived and been lovingly preserved. Photographed in the two-strip

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‘PARIS’; THE LOST COLE PORTER MUSICAL

Yesterday I wrote about my fascination with lost films–movies of the 20s and 30s that have vanished into the ether seemingly with no explanation. The truth is that most movies of the time were considered largely disposable after their initial run in theaters and little effort was made to preserve

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