Brewster
Description
“Following the premises of one of William Friese-Greene’s systems, this two-colour subtractive process required that two reels of film be printed in parallel through a lens fitted with a prism that split light in two directions, through red and green filters respectively. The two negatives were then printed on a positive coated with emulsion on both sides, tinted green on one side and red on the other. In 1935, after the success of Technicolor, Brewster Color introduced a three-colour system with the addition of yellow tinting, with no success.”
(Cherchi Usai, Paolo (2000): Silent Cinema. London: BFI, p. 35.)
“Although Brewster Color seems to have been used commercially there does not appear to be any reference available regarding specific pictures or studios that made use of it.”
(Ryan, Roderick T. (1977): A History of Motion Picture Color Technology. London: Focal Press, p. 72.)
Secondary Sources
Alt, Dirk (2011): “Der Farbfilm marschiert!” Frühe Farbfilmverfahren und NS-Propaganda 1933-1945. München: Belleville, on pp. 43–44. (in German) View Quote
Cherchi Usai, Paolo (2000): Silent Cinema. London: BFI, p. 35. View Quote
Layton, James; Pierce, David (2015): The Dawn of Technicolor. Rochester: George Eastman House, on pp. 61–62 View Quote and on pp. 63–64. View Quote
Ryan, Roderick T. (1977): A History of Motion Picture Color Technology. London: Focal Press, pp. 72-75. View Quote
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Patents
E.P. 1,073 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Jan. 22, 1915; granted Jan. 24, 1916)
Download PDFE.P. 2,463 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Feb. 16, 1915; granted Jan. 6, 1916)
Download PDFE.P. 2,465 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Feb. 1914; granted May 10, 1915)
Download PDFE.P. 3,435 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Feb. 10, 1914; granted May 10, 1915)
Download PDFE.P. 100,082 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Feb. 2, 1916; granted Aug. 10, 1916)
Download PDFE.P. 130,002 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed July 18, 1919; granted Oct. 14, 1920)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,145,968 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed July 1, 1913; granted July 13, 1915)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,191,941 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Feb. 11, 1913; granted July 25, 1916)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,214,940 (Miller, Hoyt; filed Feb. 26, 1915; granted Feb. 6, 1917)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,222,925 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed June 24, 1914; granted Apr. 17, 1917)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,308,538 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Aug. 10, 1914; granted July 1, 1919)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,359,024 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Dec. 27, 1919; granted Nov. 16, 1920)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,359,025 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed June 29, 1918; granted Nov. 16, 1920)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,410,884 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Jan. 27, 1917; granted Mar. 28, 1922)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,508,916 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed June 6, 1914; granted Sept. 16, 1924)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,537,524 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Dec. 6, 1918; granted May 12, 1925)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,563,959 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed Nov. 15, 1920; granted Dec. 1, 1925)
Download PDFU.S.P. 1,752,477 (Brewster, Percy Douglas; filed March 14, 1921; granted April 1, 1930)
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