This entry is to honor the work of early Hollywood to attempt to make color movies and pictures happen.
This picture has been colorized--it is from Ingrid's very first part in a film as "girl in line."
This is a colorized photo from the 1944 black and white film, Gaslight.
Colorized photo of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman from Notorious. I wonder if Robert Capa took this photo?! Wouldn't that be sexy?
There was a movement in the 1980s to colorize films that were originially done in B&W...I'm not a fan, but I thought in the 1920s and 30s it was a perfectly legit way to try and improve film. They also tried to do this to It's a Wonderful Life, I didn't like that colorized either. Lol.
*wikipedia information is subject to change and is not a reliable source. I just used it to emphasize my point, I'd suggest further reading if you're really interested in the history of colorization (also--different forms of colorization have happened throughout the history of film and photographs, so it's completely more complex than the wiki-answer).
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I have the same standard- if it was colorized back when the film was made, fine.. if it was colorized in the 80's, not fine! Before I had TCM I used to rent vhs tapes from the library and about 50% of them were colorized 80's tapes. What a relief when I finally saw them all in their original b/w! (Two examples: Bachelor Mother and Champagne for Caesar in color?!)
While the colourized pictures are gorgeous, I personally feel that if the film was originally presented in b&w, then it should be kept that way, otherwise I get the feeling that they're compromising the integrity of the film. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?
That colourized Notorious promo pic reminds me to ask you, Alexis: Have you ever written a review of Notorious, anywhere? I'd love to read your thoughts on it, as it's my favourite film!
I agree with you both that the 1980s should have left those B&W's alone! I love B&W and though Colorizing has a certain mystique to it, it's definitely a little cheesey too.
Emily--
I have written a review of Notorious, it's actually an essay I wrote for a Grad School application, I'll have to post it... I may write a general review with places to find lots of reading and reviewing material on the movie as well. Notorious is my favorite movie of all time and this will give me a legit excuse to re-watch and talk about it.!
If you guys have any other movies or films you would like to comment on/ read about/ get info about/ start a forum... I'm more than happy to facilitate that! :)
Haha, I've long given up making excuses to rewatch Notorious ;)
I am curious to hear what you think about Indiscreet, if you've seen it. Given it's Cary & Ingrid, I really, really would love to love it. But I don't, and it makes me feel bad. I do blame it on the script, though. I don't hate the film... it just underwhelmed me, unfortunately.
Have you seen all of Ingrid's films? There are so many I'm missing. Same for Cary. I only discovered classic films exactly a year ago (during exam time...for shame!) so I'm a newbie!
I actually LOVE Indiscreet. But I love Stanley Donen (because he's fantastic and Hitchcock-esque). Cary Grant is my favorite male actor of all time. He's so gorgeous, hilarious, gentle and fantastic.
Actually if you want--feel free to email me about this stuff so we can have an ongoing conversation about this! I would love to talk shop!
alexis.morrell@gmail.com
I have seen almost all of Ingrid's films-- I'm missing a couple of the Swedish films, 2 Italian and like 2 television shows.
Like I said, feel free to email me and we can talk more! :)
Alexis :)
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