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The Birth of Sound and Colour

The story of the birth of sound film, and of colour film, told in two captivating documentaries, each with a running time of 52 minutes:

(Produced in France, the DVDs have an English commentary).

The imaginative and complex inventions of the early pioneers of sound and colour film, illustrated with a treasury of filmclips from archives and private collections. These films illustrate the first steps in the science and art of modern cinema.

With 35 extra items: The first Lumiere films, coloured by hand, Stencil colour films, The first films in Technicolor (BECKY SHARP), the Marx Brothers in colour, Caruso singing in 1908, a 1927 interview with Arthur Conan Doyle, THE JAZZ SINGER trailer - and many more gems. Total running time is more than four hours.

PLEASE NOTE: Available ONLY for shipping to UK addresses. (Discs are Zone 0, Pal). We are unable to supply this item to overseas customers at this time.

TWO DVDs, individually boxed and housed in a single slipcase, sold together. (Not available separately).

PRICE: £25 plus £1.50 postage. Please pay by PayPal or cheque.

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(email: s-herbert@easynet.co.uk)
Not available elsewhere in the UK.

early talkies * early cinema * first colour films * Pathe color * Pathecolor * chronochrome * chronophone * vitaphone *