Chemicolor / Ufacolor in GB
Description
“Chemicoior was the name under which the German Ufacolor Process was marketed in Britain. Ufacolor was also marketed under the name Spectracolor. The process used Agfa bipack negatives loaded with the emulsion sides facing and separated by a colour filter. The negatives were printed onto double-coated film and toned with complementary colours. The process was formally demonstrated on 27 August 1936 at Elstree Studios. About 1,200 feet of film was screened, mostly outdoor subjects of European tours and indoor costume shots.”
(Brown, Simon (2012): Technical Appendix: Chemicolor. In: Street, Sarah: Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 265-266.)
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Source: Coe, Brian (1981): The History of Movie Photography. Westfield, N.J.: Eastview Editions. Film: Pagliacci (1937).
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Secondary Sources
Brown, Simon (2012): Technical Appendix. In: Sarah Street: Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 259-287, on pp. 265-266. View Quote
Coe, Brian (1981): The History of Movie Photography. Westfield, N.J.: Eastview Editions, p. 129. View Quote
Koshofer, Gert (1966): Fünfundzwanzig Jahre deutscher Farbenspielfilm. In: Film – Kino – Technik, 20,10, 1966, pp. 259-262, on p. 259. (in German) View Quote
Films
Pagliacci (GB 1936) nur Farbteile, Chemicolor.1
1 Street, Sarah (2012): Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, on p. 39. View Quote
Selected Analyses
Pagliacci/A Clown Must Laugh (GBR 1936, Karl Grune):
Street, Sarah (2012): Colour Films in Britain. The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, on p. 39. View Quote
