Glorious Technicolor

00:00:13 I said, "My gosh, they've got nothing but money for lights...

00:02:49 Each one has its own meaning, each one has its own...

00:05:18 ...and paid his way to study physics and chemistry...

00:07:32 ...and yet this was probably the beginning of a great crossroads...

00:09:33 ...and spent 35 years taking the doctor to court...

00:11:46 ...into a respected art form.

00:14:02 ...and a rare two-color appearance by The Three Stooges.

00:16:52 We build colors as we go at the very last minute...

00:19:20 Less than a year later, they released the first live-action all-color film.

00:21:22 ...on Technicolor's artistic and commerciaI value.

00:23:42 Actors stood under wilting lights as technicians held up a color chart...

00:26:29 Of the major studio chiefs...

00:28:44 They worried about every flowerpot.

00:30:56 For the role of Scarlett O 'Hara, producer David Selznick...

00:33:02 She felt the actors ' costumes wouldn 't stand out enough.

00:35:14 The combination of beautifuI girls and Technicolor proved unbeatable.

00:38:07 In wartime Hollywood...

00:41:27 Clarence Brown, who directed Crawford and Garbo in some of their finest work...

00:43:51 And he turned to me and he said, "What do you think, Os?"

00:46:27 He was born for that, you know? I couldn't even eXplain.

00:49:04 The way they moved that camera around when it was so big is amazing.

00:51:23 ...her ex-husband and Technicolor founder felt the same way.

00:54:36 ... the tale of a New York socialite falling for an Arizona lndian.

00:57:21 ... that Technicolor prints showed little signs of age.