Legendary Hammer Films started in 1934. With some fits and starts it began to take real shape following World War II, when productions started again in 1949. It wasn’t until the last 50′s however where two great entities came together – that of Hammer’s Gothic/Horror/Sci-Fi melodrama subject matter and those amazingly intense blood reds of [...]
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Hammer Films returns from the dead!
July 25th, 2010 No Comments
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Archiving Technicolor dreams
April 1st, 2010 No Comments
Technicolor was a trademark for color film processes established almost 100 years ago. From 1927 to 1974, Technicolor films were the industry standard, and from 1932 to 1955 the film industry is known as the “Glorious Age of Technicolor”. The two-color and eventually the very successful three-strip Technicolor process was created by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation [...]
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