Thomascolor
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Credit: Illustration by Sarah Steinbacher, Multimedia & E-Learning-Services, University of Zurich. Source: Ryan, Roderick T. (1977): A History of Motion Picture Color Technology. London: Focal Press.
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Source: Ryan, Roderick T. (1977): A History of Motion Picture Color Technology. London: Focal Press.
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Source: Kistler, L. R. (1945): The Projection of Thomascolor Motion Pictures. In: International Projectionist, 20,7, Jul., pp. 12–14.
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Source: Kistler, L. R. (1945): The Projection of Thomascolor Motion Pictures. In: International Projectionist, 20,7, Jul., pp. 12–14.
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Left: Thomascolor camera lens mount for converting standard motion picture camera into Thomascolor. Right: A closeup of the Thomascolor projector lens mount for standard film projectors. The inventor points out that this is all that is needed to convert a standard projector to Thomascolor. Source: Anonymous (1944): Thomascolor. Four-Color Process For Motion Pictures. In: International Projectionist, 19,10, Oct., pp. 7–9.
Original Technical Papers and Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Anonymous (1948): Rouxcolor Stirs France, U.S. In: International Projectionist, 23,6, Jun., pp. 26–27. View Link
Anonymous (1971): Obituary. Richard Thomas. In: Journal of The Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan, Vol. 80, Feb., pp. 134–136. View Quote
Nowotny, Robert A. (1983): The Way of All Flesh Tones. A History of Color Motion Picture Processes, 1895-1929. New York: Garland Pub., pp. 272-273. View Quote
Ryan, Roderick T. (1977): A History of Motion Picture Color Technology. London: Focal Press, pp. 46–47 and p. 49. View Quote
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Patents
U.S.P. 2,152,224 (Thomas, Richard; filed June 30, 1936; granted Mar. 28, 1939)
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Links
Anonymous (1944): Thomascolor. Four-Color Process For Motion Pictures. In: International Projectionist, 19,10, Oct., pp. 7–9. View Link
Anonymous (1948): Rouxcolor Stirs France, U.S. In: International Projectionist, 23,6, Jun., pp. 26–27. View Link
Kistler, L. R. (1945): The Projection of Thomascolor Motion Pictures. In: International Projectionist, 20,7, Jul., pp. 12–14. View Link
