Just as you were fascinated with ur granparents stories is how I felt with your life experiences and changes you shared with me this afternoon. Who would of thought u would have ever been on you tube?!Thanks for sharing Howard!
They took great pains to recreate in exact detail the performance of the Pretty Maiden number I am told. So what we are watching was pretty close to how it actually was way back when.
one of the technicolor layers is slightly shrunk making the skin tones of Marian Davies a bit pale. In her documentary ,on tcm . they got the original color negative and enhanced it to look three colors inspite of this , it was the color negative . they haven't remastered this in the original print yet
When I lived with my grandparents as a 17-year-old, they told me so many fascinating stories about their youth. They were both born in 1883, and saw so many wonderful stage shows, riding in buggies pulled by horses, the first automobiles, telephones, phonographs, player pianos, and so much more. I still have wonderful photos of my grandmother - - WOW the changes in women's fashions! My grandfather told me about seeing this show and he sang some of it to me.
If you notice the audience cuts look much better than the stage shots. The exposure was much higher from the stage lights hitting the lighter colored costumes . It makes you wonder if playing the films caused severe damage because of the intense light. Would a film that was never shown before look far better than this one if it were played for the first time.
Were it not for Marion Davies, it woukd be hard to spot this sequence in 1930. Pay attention to the styles and to the whole performance, including music. They made their utmost to make the observer see and hear the eighteen nineties. I'm sure the 2strip technicolor must have looked glorius back in the days of early talkies.
@Jotaemesg The film audience probably had some familiarity with the musical. It played for years and had even had a nostalgic revival in the 1920's- after the sextette they brought on a group of children to do the number as the Floradora Sextette of the Future.
@Eddy2370: Compared to some of the other two-strip technicolor efforts in say, the previous five years before it, this film actually looks pretty good by today's standards. For example, I couldn't watch "Toll of the Sea" on Turner Classic Movies because the highly saturated colors were such an eyesore.
I may be alone on this, but I'd like a less-combustable and non-degrading modern version of Two-Strip technicolor, I think many directors would find it useful for things like, say, dream sequences.
@calvinnme2 Being produced in 1930, the colourisation of films then looked rather clumsy but as far as I know, the first proper Technicolour (pardon the British spelling!) film was produced in 1935.
Just as you were fascinated with ur granparents stories is how I felt with your life experiences and changes you shared with me this afternoon. Who would of thought u would have ever been on you tube?!Thanks for sharing Howard!
Bunny2874 1 month ago
It's always nice to see colored film in it's early years - it's as close to viewing how people actually looked back then.
Marion Davies looked the charm. Attractive, silly woman.
ManilaSyndicate 2 months ago 2
They took great pains to recreate in exact detail the performance of the Pretty Maiden number I am told. So what we are watching was pretty close to how it actually was way back when.
GeoStrum3 2 months ago 2
one of the technicolor layers is slightly shrunk making the skin tones of Marian Davies a bit pale. In her documentary ,on tcm . they got the original color negative and enhanced it to look three colors inspite of this , it was the color negative . they haven't remastered this in the original print yet
mikemcgee 6 months ago
Watched twice never saw Laurence Olivier in the audience - thanks for posting!
lawalker7868 6 months ago
Laurence Olivier is seen as an audience member. - John Austin, Australia
jrakg 8 months ago
When I lived with my grandparents as a 17-year-old, they told me so many fascinating stories about their youth. They were both born in 1883, and saw so many wonderful stage shows, riding in buggies pulled by horses, the first automobiles, telephones, phonographs, player pianos, and so much more. I still have wonderful photos of my grandmother - - WOW the changes in women's fashions! My grandfather told me about seeing this show and he sang some of it to me.
mvnkct 9 months ago 4
Lovely technicolor !!
altobiotero 11 months ago
If you notice the audience cuts look much better than the stage shots. The exposure was much higher from the stage lights hitting the lighter colored costumes . It makes you wonder if playing the films caused severe damage because of the intense light. Would a film that was never shown before look far better than this one if it were played for the first time.
paulj0557 11 months ago
Were it not for Marion Davies, it woukd be hard to spot this sequence in 1930. Pay attention to the styles and to the whole performance, including music. They made their utmost to make the observer see and hear the eighteen nineties. I'm sure the 2strip technicolor must have looked glorius back in the days of early talkies.
Jotaemesg 1 year ago
@Jotaemesg The film audience probably had some familiarity with the musical. It played for years and had even had a nostalgic revival in the 1920's- after the sextette they brought on a group of children to do the number as the Floradora Sextette of the Future.
albanybeardguy 6 months ago
@Eddy2370: Compared to some of the other two-strip technicolor efforts in say, the previous five years before it, this film actually looks pretty good by today's standards. For example, I couldn't watch "Toll of the Sea" on Turner Classic Movies because the highly saturated colors were such an eyesore.
MissGoldenDreams13 1 year ago
I may be alone on this, but I'd like a less-combustable and non-degrading modern version of Two-Strip technicolor, I think many directors would find it useful for things like, say, dream sequences.
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago
i think i was a floradora girl in a past life thanks
bearcub410 2 years ago
i'm doing this show with lyric theater! thanks for the recording! :)
truluvpassions 2 years ago
I think this is a Technicolor sequence from 1930's "The Floradora Girl". Am I correct?
calvinnme2 2 years ago 4
@calvinnme2 Being produced in 1930, the colourisation of films then looked rather clumsy but as far as I know, the first proper Technicolour (pardon the British spelling!) film was produced in 1935.
Eddy2730 1 year ago