Hvad var den første film i farver?
Med vores konge og dronning gennem Indien
List of early color feature films
År
Titel
Land
Farvebehandling
Længde
Produktionsselskab
1903
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ
 Frankrig
Pathéchrome
Pathé Frères
Eksisterende. Også kendt som The Passion Play og Vie et Passion du Christ. Ikke udgivet som en enkelt spillefilm, men som 32 individuelle kortfilm i tre forskellige grupperinger og optaget på forskellige tidspunkter. Nogle scener er delvist håndkoloreret (f.eks. 52 min. kopi på Youtube). De senere scener har andre skuespillere og kostumer end de tidligere scener. På dvd.
1912.1 !1912
Med vores konge og dronning gennem Indien
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Kinemacolor
Natural Color Kinematograph Company
Den første dokumentarfilm i spillefilmslængde, der indfanger naturlige farver frem for farvelægningsteknikker. De originale optagelser varede 21⁄2 timer (16.000 ft.) og blev præsenteret i to forskellige programmer. Selve hovedfilmen af Delhi Durbar blev optaget den 12. december 1911. Resten af filmen blev optaget andre steder i Indien frem til den 30. december 1911, hvoraf kun et uddrag på ti minutter stadig eksisterer. Udgivet i Storbritannien den 2. februar 1912.
1912.2 !1912
Miraklet !Miraklet
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Pathéchrome
Joseph Menchen (personligt projekt)
Første stencil-farvede fortællende spillefilm i spillefilmslængde. Optaget i Østrig i oktober 1912; håndkoloreret i Paris af halvfjerdsindstyve personer; premiere i Storbritannien den 21. december 1912. Oprindelig længde i Storbritannien 7 000 fod; censurerede versioner blev vist på 5 000 og 5 500 fod. Designet til at blive ledsaget af partitur for fuldt symfoniorkester og kor af Engelbert Humperdinck. Der findes et sort/hvid-print af en klippet version, som opbevares på CNC Archives, Frankrig. Kun tilgængelig på Youtube og kun i den sidste scene, med uddrag af den originale musik.
1914.1 !1914
Verden !Verden, kødet og djævelen
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Kinemacolor
Natural Color Kinematograph Company
Første spillefilm i naturlig farve. Forsvundet.
1914.2 !1914
Lille Lord Fauntleroy
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Kinemacolor
Natural Color Kinematograph Company
Status ukendt.
1915
Storbritannien Forberedt
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Kinemacolor-indsatser
Jury's Imperial Pictures
Første britiske propagandafilm. Eksisterende.
1916
Joan the Woman
 USA
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
Berømte spillere-Lasky
Overlever komplet med farvesekvenser. Instrueret af Cecil B. DeMille. (Farven blev faktureret som "DeMille-Wyckoff-processen")
1917.1 !1917
Golfen !Golfen mellem
 De Forenede Stater
Technicolor spillefilm
Technicolor Corporation
Første amerikanske film optaget i farver. Forsvundet film. Kun nogle få billeder fra prøveudskrifter, der viser stjernen Grace Darmond, er bevaret.
1917.2 !1917
Djævelen !Djævlestenen
 USA
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
Berømte spillere-Lasky
Instrueret af Cecil B. DeMille. Kun to filmruller er bevaret i AFI-samlingen på Library of Congress.
1918.1 !1918
Cupid Angling
 USA
Douglass Natural Color feature
Douglass Natural Color Film Inc.
Forsvundet film. Den eneste spillefilm, der er lavet i denne proces.
1918.2 !1918
Vores flåde
 United States
Prizma spillefilm
Prizma
Første spillefilm optaget i Prizmacolor.
1920.1 !1920
Skatteøen
 USA
Håndkolorering (Handschiegl?)
Paramount Pictures
Forsvundet film.
1920.2 !1920
Roman Candles
 USA
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
Cineart
Forsvundet film.
1921.1 !1921
Bali den ukendte
 USA
Prizma spillefilm
Prizma Inc.
dokumentarfilm med fem filmruller, der blev vist den 27. februar 1921 i Capitol Theatre i New York. På dvd.
1921.2 !1921
Tre !De tre musketerer
 USA
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
United Artists
Filmen er kun bevaret i sort-hvid.
1922.1 !1922
Toll !Havets Toll
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
3190 ft.
Technicolor / Metro Pictures
Den første spillefilm i naturlige farver, der blev lavet i Hollywood. De to sidste filmruller er tilsyneladende gået tabt. Tilgængelig på dvd.
1922.2 !1922
bli !A Blind Bargain
 USA
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
188 ft.
Goldwyn Pictures
Forsvundet film.
1922.3 !1922
Glorious !Det glorværdige eventyr
 United States/
 Storbritannien
Prizma spillefilm
United Artists
Instrueret af J. Stuart Blackton. Findes på British Film Institute. På dvd.
1922.4 !1922
Flames of Passion
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Prizma-indsats
Astra Film
Instrueret af Graham Cutts. Forsvunden film.
1922.5 !1922
Tåbelige koner
 USA
Håndkolorering indsatser
Universal Pictures
Håndkolorering af Gustav Brock.
1923.1 !1923
Rødt lys
 USA
Handschiegl Farveindsatser
Goldwyn Pictures
Kun bevaret i sort-hvid.
1923.2 !1923
Ti !De ti bud
 USA
Technicolor indsatse, Handschiegl Color indsatse
Paramount Pictures
Overlever komplet. Er på DVD.
1923.3 !1923
Vanity Fair
 United States
Prizma-indsats
Goldwyn Pictures
Instrueret af Hugo Ballin. Forsvunden film.
1923.4 !1923
Jomfru !Jomfru Dronningen
 Storbritannien
Prizma-indsats
J. Stuart Blackton Productions
Instrueret af J. Stuart Blackton. Status ukendt.
1923.5 !1923
I Pagliacci
 Storbritannien
Prizma-indsats
Napoleon Films
Med Lillian Hall-Davis i hovedrollen. Status ukendt.
1924.1 !1924
Uindbudt !Den uindbudte gæst
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
Metro Pictures
Bevaringsstatus ukendt.
1924.2 !1924
Cytherea
 USA
Technicolor indsatser
230 fod.
Technicolor / Goldwyn Pictures
Forsvundet film. Første Technicolor-film optaget under kunstigt lys.
1924.3 !1924
Vandrer i ødemarken
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
3854 ft.
Paramount
Første western i farver. Forsvundet film.
1924.4 !1924
Venus fra Sydhavet
 United States
Prizma Insert
Lee-Bradford Corp.
Eksisterende. Restaureret af kongresbiblioteket i 2004. Den sidste spole er i Prizma.
1924.5 !1924
Ørkenens arv
 USA
Technicolor indsatser
34 ft.
Paramount
Med Bebe Daniels i hovedrollen. Ukendt status.
1924.6 !1924
Greed
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process indsatser
Metro-Goldwyn Pictures
Kort version af filmen findes, farvelægning tabt (nogle få prøvebilleder kan overleve). På dvd.
1924.7 !1924
Dancemood !Humørets dans
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Friese-Greene Natural Color (tidligere Biocolour)
Friese-Greene Productions
Ukendt om det er en spille- eller kortfilm.
1924.8 !1924
Moonbeam Magic
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Friese-Greene Natural Color (tidligere Biocolour)
Spectrum Films
Produceret af Claude Friese-Greene. Status ukendt, muligvis hos BFI.
1925.01 !1925
Ben-Hur
 USA
Technicolor indsatser
1029 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende. På dvd.
1925.01 !1925
Cyrano de Bergerac
 Italien/
 Frankrig
Pathéchrome spillefilm
9501 fod.
Unione Cinematografica Italiana
Med Pierre Magnier i hovedrollen. Tilstede.
1925.03 !1925
Fantomet !Fantomet fra operaen
 USA
Technicolor indsatser, Kelley Color /Handschiegl Color
497 ft.
Universal Pictures
Et farvesegment er bevaret. På dvd.
1925.04 !1925
Den muntre enke !The Merry Widow
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
136 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Filmen er bevaret, men to minutters farvesekvens er gået tabt.
1925.05 !1925
Stage Struck
 United States
Technicolor-indslag
Paramount
Eksisterende med farvesekvenser. Restaureret af George Eastman House. Med Gloria Swanson i hovedrollen.
1925.06 !1925
Pretty Ladies
 United States
Technicolor indsats
597 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1925.07 !1925
His Supreme Moment
 United States
Technicolor-indslag
517 ft.
First National Pictures
Forsvundet film.
1925.08 !1925
Big !Den store parade
 United States
Anvendt farve af Technicolor
154 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film og farve findes. På dvd.
1925.09 !1925
So This Is Marriage?
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
729 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Forsvundet film.
1925.1 !1925
Splendid !The Splendid Road
 United States
Handschiegl Farveindsatser
First National Pictures
Status ukendt.
1925.11 !1925
Syv chancer
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
275 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende med farve. På dvd.
1925.12 !1925
Kingmain !Kongen på hovedgaden
 United States
Technicolor indsatser
105 ft.
Berømte spillere-Lasky
Overlever komplet.
1925.13 !1925
Lysene på Old Broadway
 USA
Technicolor indsatse, Handschiegl Color Process indsatse
Cosmopolitan Productions
Findes i Library of Congress.
1926.01 !1926
Fig Leaves
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
969 fod.
Fox Film Corporation
Kun bevaret i sort-hvid.
1926.02 !1926
Beverly af Graustark
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
354 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende.
1926.03 !1926
Åben !Den åbne vej
 United Kingdom
Friese-Greene Natural Color (tidligere Biocolour)
Friese-Greene Productions
Serie af dokumentarfilm optaget mellem 1924 og 1926. En kopi blev restaureret og vist på BBC i 2006. På dvd.
1926.04 !1926
Sidste !Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii
 Italien
Pathéchrome spillefilm
12083 ft.
Società Italiana Grandi Films
Eksisterende. Amerikansk titel: The Last Days of Pompeii På dvd.
1926.05 !1926
Irene
 USA
Technicolor indsatser
972 ft.
First National Pictures
Overlever komplet med farvesekvenser.
1926.06 !1926
Beau Geste
 USA
Technicolor indsatser
Paramount Pictures
Eksisterende.
1926.07 !1926
Flaming !Den flammende skov
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
203 fod.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes på Library of Congress.
1926.08 !1926
Amerikansk !Den amerikanske Venus
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
1574 fod.
Paramount
Forsvundet film. To trailers og et kort klip af farveindslaget er bevaret på Library Of Congress.
1926.09 !1926
Volcano
 United States
Handschiegl Farveindslag
Paramount Pictures
Findes på Library of Congress. Bevaret af UCLA og Television og The Museum of Modernr Art.
1926.1 !1926
Mike
 USA
Handschiegl Farveindsatser
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes på Library Of Congress. Komplet udskrift på 70 minutter fundet på Library Of Congress i december 2015.
1926.11 !1926
Black !The Black Pirate
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
8124 ft.
United Artists
Det originale Technicolor Process 2 print er bevaret hos BFI. Den almindeligt sete version blev skabt ud fra de overlevende negativer. Outtakes er bevaret i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1926.12 !1926
Fire !The Fire Brigade
 United States
Technicolor-indslag, Handschiegl Color-indslag
692 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Filmen eksisterer, men farverne kan være gået tabt.
1926.13 !1926
Joy !The Joy Girl
 USA
Technicolor indsats
285 ft.
Fox
Der findes muligvis en kopi i Museum of Modern Art's filmarkiv.
1926.14 !1926
Flames
 USA
Handschiegl Farveindsatser
Tilknyttede udstillere
Der findes en spole i Library of Congress.
1926.15 !1926
Pige !Pigen fra Montmartre
 USA
Handschiegl Farveindsatser
First National Pictures
Konserveret af Warner Bros. fra originalt negativ og nitrat håndschiegl print.
1927.1 !1927
Kingking !Kongernes konge !Kongen af konger
 United States
Technicolor indsatser
DeMille Productions / Pathé Exchange
Overlever komplet. Er på DVD.
1927.2 !1927
Vindere af vildmarken
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
16mm print eksisterer. Med Joan Crawford i hovedrollen. På dvd.
1927.3 !1927
Annie Laurie
 USA
Technicolor indsats
204 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende med farve på Library of Congress.
1927.4 !1927
Troldmanden !Troldmanden
 USA
Håndkolorering
Ræv
Forsvundet film.
1927.5 !1927
Napoléon
 Frankrig
Keller-Dorian processekvenser
Abel Gance / Gaumont
Eksisterende. Keller-Dorian-processen viste sig at være upraktisk.
1927.6 !1927
La revue des revues
 Frankrig
Pathéchrome-indlæg
Eksisterende.
1928.1 !1928
La Femme et le pantin
 Frankrig
Keller-Dorian-processen
Eksisterende. Instrueret af Jacques de Baroncelli
1928.2 !1928
Kun de modige
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
549 ft.
Fox
Ukendt
1928.3 !1928
Bryllup !Bryllupsmarch
 USA
Technicolor indstik, håndkolorering.
294 ft.
Paramount
Eksisterende. Instrueret af Erich von Stroheim
1928.4 !1928
Rødt hår
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
57 ft.
Paramount
Forsvundet film. Farvetest er bevaret på UCLA Film and Television Archive.
1928.5 !1928
Casanova
 Tyskland
Pathéchrome-indsats
Ciné-Alliance / Pathé
Eksisterende. Baseret på en operette af Ralph Benatzky.
1928.6 !1928
Viking !Viking
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
8398 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende. Den første Technicolor-film med lyd (kun synkroniseret musik og lydeffekter, ingen dialog eller "levende" lyd). På dvd.
1928.7 !1928
Water !The Water Hole
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
332 ft.
Paramount
Status ukendt.
1928.8 !1928
Court-Martial
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
473 ft.
Columbia Pictures
Status ukendt.
1929.01 !1929
Redskin
 United States
Mest Technicolor med sepia-tonede sekvenser
4463 fod.
Paramount
Synkroniseret musikscore og lydeffekter, men ingen dialog eller "levende" lyd. Overlever komplet. På dvd.
1929.02 !1929
On With the Show
 United States
Technicolor
9592 ft.
Warner Bros.
Eksisterer i sort-hvid. 20 sekunders farveklip findes i en privat samling. Den første film i farver, der kun talte. På dvd.
1929.03 !1929
Harmony Heaven
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Pathéchrome-sekvenser
British International Pictures
Findes på British Film Institute
1929.04 !1929
rom !En romantik fra Sevilla
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Pathéchrome spillefilm
British International Pictures
Lydversion udgivet i juli 1930. Den første britiske lydfilm, der blev udgivet i farver ved hjælp af Pathéchrome stencil-farveprocessen. På dvd.
1929.05 !1929
Devil-May-Care
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Udskrifter overlever.
1929.06 !1929
Show !The Show of Shows
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
9987 fod.
Warner Bros.
Kun bevaret i sort-hvid bortset fra "Chinese Fantasy"-nummeret med Myrna Loy og Nick Lucas og en del af eller hele "Meet My Sister"-nummeret. På dvd med sidstnævnte nummer i sort-hvid (farveoptagelser er først for nylig blevet opdaget).
1929.07 !1929
Spidse hæle
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
270 ft.
Paramount
Komplet på UCLA. Broadcast master er i sort-hvid.
1929.08 !1929
Paris
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
3645 fod.
Warner Bros.
Billede tabt. Soundtrack findes.
1929.09 !1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
9122 ft.
Warner Bros.
To ufuldstændige filmruller og nogle korte fragmenter eksisterer. Komplet disc soundtrack eksisterer. Overlevende filmruller på dvd.
1929.1 !1929
Sally
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
9280 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. To minutters farvesekvens findes også. På dvd.
1929.11 !1929
Glorificering af den amerikanske pige
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
897 ft.
Paramount
Komplet bevaret på UCLA. På dvd.
1929.12 !1929
Broadway !The Broadway Melody
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
307 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes kun i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1929.13 !1929
Desert !The Desert Song
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
306 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1929.14 !1929
Sunny Side Up
 United States
Flerfarvede indsatser
Fox
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1929.15 !1929
Hollywood !Hollywoodrevyen fra 1929
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
1360 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende
1929.16 !1929
Broadway
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
198 fod.
Universal
Overlever i en talende version og en stum version, der er lavet til biografer uden lydudstyr. I den talende version mangler den sidste spole, farvesekvensen, som dog er bevaret i den stumme version.
1929.17 !1929
Gift i Hollywood
 USA
Flerfarvet indsats
Fox
Kun den sidste spole i Multicolor er bevaret på UCLA Film and Television Archive.
1929.18 !1929
Red Hot Rhythm
 USA
Multicolor-indsats
Pathé Exchange
Kun ét nummer i farver, titelsangen, er bevaret.
1929.19 !1929
This Thing Called Love
 USA
Flerfarvet indsats
Pathé Exchange
Mistet film bortset fra farvesekvensen.
1929.2 !1929
Dancelif !Livets dans
 USA
Technicolor indsats
779 ft.
Paramount
Overlever i sort/hvid. En del af Technicolor-sekvensen er bevaret på Library of Congress.
1929.21 !1929
Footlights and Fools
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
1183 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.
Forsvundet film.
1929.22 !1929
Hans første kommando
 United States
Flerfarvede indsatser
Pathé Exchange
Eksisterende i sort-hvid. Status for Multicolor-sekvenserne er ukendt.
1929.23 !1929
It's a Great Life
 United States
Technicolor-indslag
1391 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende. På dvd fra Warner Archive Collection.
1929.24 !1929
Mysterious !Den mystiske ø
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
8569 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes på UCLA. Komplet Technicolor-kopi blev fundet i Prag i december 2013 og havde premiere på den 33. Pordenone Silent Film Festival i oktober 2014. På dvd.
1929.25 !1929
Rio Rita
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
2680 ft.
RKO Radio Pictures
Overlever i en klippet genudgivelseskopi med alle farvesekvenser. På dvd.
1929.26 !1929
wil !William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
 United States
Multicolor indsatser
Fox
Forsvundet film.
1929.27 !1929
Den store !Den store Gabbo
 United States
Flerfarvede indsatser
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Overlever i sort-hvid bortset fra manglende farve musiknummer "The Ga-Ga Bird". På dvd.
1929.28 !1929
Smilende irske øjne
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
First National Pictures
Forsvundet film. Lydsporet er bevaret på UCLA.
1930.01 !1930
Rogue !The Rogue Song
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
9565 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Forsvundet film. Komplet soundtrack findes på skiver. Trailer og fragmenter er bevaret på UCLA.
1930.02 !1930
Life !The Life of the Party
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7202 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.03 !1930
Hold Everything
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
7280 ft.
Warner Bros.
Lost film. Soundtrack eksisterer.
1930.04 !1930
Vagabond !The Vagabond King
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
9413 ft.
Paramount
Eneste komplette kopi restaureret af UCLA
1930.05 !1930
Bare for en sang
 Storbritannien
Pathécfarve sekvenser
Gainsborough Pictures
Lost film
1930.06 !1930
Alf's Button
 Storbritannien
Pathécfarve sekvenser
Britisk Gaumont
Lost film
1930.07 !1930
Paramount på parade
 USA
Technicolor-indslag
2517 fod.
Paramount
Plotteløs all-star revy. Det meste er bevaret, men en sort-hvid og en farvesekvens mangler, farvefinalen med Maurice Chevalier er kun bevaret i sort-hvid, og lyden til to af farvesekvenserne mangler. Restaureret af UCLA Film and Television Archive
1930.08 !1930
Under a Texas Moon
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
7501 ft.
Warner Bros.
Den første western, der udelukkende er optaget i farver. Overlever i en komplet farvekopi.
1930.09 !1930
Whoopee!
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
8681 ft.
United Artists
Overlever i mindst én komplet farvekopi.
1930.1 !1930
Skolen !Skolen for skandaler
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Raycolor spillefilm
Albion Films
Den eneste spillefilm, der blev fotograferet i denne proces. Mistet film.
1930.11 !1930
Elstree Calling
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Pathéchrome-indsatser
British International Pictures
Findes på British Film Institute. Medinstrueret af Alfred Hitchcock.
1930.12 !1930
Hell's Angels
 USA
Flerfarvet indstik
866 ft.
United Artists
Farvesekvens og film overlever komplet. Scenen er filmet i Multicolor, trykt af Technicolor
1930.13 !1930
Knowing Men
 United Kingdom
Talkicolor spillefilm
United Artists Corporation
Anden britiske lydfilm i farver. Forsvundet film.
1930.14 !1930
King of Jazz
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
9320 ft.
Universal
Extant.
1930.15 !1930
Jagten på regnbuer
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
1249 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sort-hvide dele er bevaret, farvesekvenser er helt tabt.
1930.16 !1930
De lærte om kvinder
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Overlever kun i sort/hvid.
1930.17 !1930
Good News
 USA
Flerfarvet indstik
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Farve blev brugt til finalen, som nu er helt tabt. Resten er bevaret.
1930.18 !1930
Show Girl i Hollywood
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
832 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.19 !1930
Kismet
 USA
N/A
First National-Warner Bros.
Forsvundet film.
1930.2 !1930
Bride of the Regiment
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7418 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.
Picture tabt. Lydsporet eksisterer.
1930.21 !1930
Puttin' on te Ritz
 USA
Technicolor indsat
953 ft.
United Artists
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.22 !1930
Mammy
 United States
Technicolor-indlæg
1497 ft.
Warner Bros.
Eksisterende. Den første Al Jolson-film med farve.
1930.23 !1930
Call of the Flesh
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
721 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.24 !1930
Bright Lights
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
6416 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.25 !1930
Children of Pleasure
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
~700 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Overlever komplet i sort-hvid. Farvesekvenser findes kun i dele.
1930.26 !1930
General Crack
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
532 ft.
Warner Bros.
Overlever i en stum kopi uden farvesekvenser lavet til biografer uden lydudstyr.
1930.27 !1930
Melody Man
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
826 ft.
Columbia Pictures
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.28 !1930
Follow Thru
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
8383 ft.
Paramount
Extant.
1930.29 !1930
March !The March of Time
 United States
Technicolor indsatser
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Produktionen blev aldrig afsluttet. Flere musikalske sekvenser eksisterer.
1930.3 !1930
New Movietone Follies fra 1930
 USA
Flerfarvede indsatser
Fox
Eksisterende. Eneste eksemplar på UCLA.
1930.31 !1930
Florodora !The Florodora Girl
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
608 fod.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende.
1930.32 !1930
Mamba
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
6998 ft.
Tiffany Pictures
Komplet i sin nuværende form. Den første film i farver, der kun talte, og som ikke var en musical. På dvd.
1930.33 !1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
5846 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1930.34 !1930
Son of the Gods
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
442 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1930.35 !1930
Song of the Flame
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
6501 ft.
Warner Bros.
Forsvunden film. Soundtrack eksisterer.
1930.36 !1930
Song of the West
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7189 ft.
Warner Bros.
Forsvundet film. Vitafondisketter findes endnu.
1930.37 !1930
Wieneraftener
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
9191 fod.
Warner Bros.
Tilbageværende, opbevaret på UCLA.
1930.38 !1930
Golden Dawn
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7546 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. Farvefragment fundet omkring 2015.
1930.39 !1930
Peacock Alley
 USA
Technicolor-indsats
651 fod.
Tiffany
Tilstede; farvesekvensen befinder sig på Library of Congress.
1930.4 !1930
Nej, nej, Nanette
 USA
Technicolor-sekvenser
3895 fod.
First National-Warner Bros.
Forsvundet film.
1930.41 !1930
Lotteri !Lotteribruden
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
358 ft.
United Artists
Farvesekvensen er bevaret i George Eastman House. På dvd.
1930.42 !1930
Lord Byron of Broadway
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
878 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Eksisterende.
1930.43 !1930
Leathernecking
 United States
Technicolor-indsats
1474 fod.
RKO
Forsvundet film.
1930.44 !1930
Hit the Deck
 United States
Technicolor indsats
3772 fod.
RKO
Forsvundet film.
1930.45 !1930
Dixiana
 United States
Technicolor indsats
2006 ft.
RKO
Eksisterende.
1930.46 !1930
cuc !Gøg og Gokke
 United States
Technicolor indsats
833 ft.
RKO
Eksisterende.
1931.01 !1931
Delicious
 United States
Flerfarvede indsatser
Ræv
Findes kun i sort-hvid.
1931.02 !1931
Woman Hungry
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
6119 ft.
Warner Bros.
Extant. På dvd.
1931.03 !1931
Manhattan Parade
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
6692 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1931.04 !1931
Halvtreds millioner franskmænd
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
6480 ft.
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1931.05 !1931
Kiss Me Again
 United States
Technicolor spillefilm
Warner Bros.
Findes kun i sort-hvid. På dvd.
1931.06 !1931
Hawk !The Hawk
 USA
Flerfarvet spillefilm
Romantic Productions
Filmen blev optaget som den første spillefilm udelukkende i Multicolor og fik en meget begrænset udgivelse. Fem år senere blev den med den nye Cinecolor-proces omredigeret og genindspillet som "Phantom of Santa Fe". På dvd.
1931.07 !1931
Runaround !The Runaround
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
5714 ft.
RKO
Findes kun i sort-hvid, bortset fra første farvefilm på Museum of Modern Art. På dvd.
1931.08 !1931
Fanny Foley Herself
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
6699 ft.
RKO
Forsvundet film. Technicolor-trailer findes i George Eastman House.
1932.09 !1932
Tex tager en ferie
 USA
Flerfarvet spillefilm
Argosy Productions Corporation
Sidste spillefilm, der blev optaget udelukkende i Multicolor. Findes endnu. På dvd.
1932.1 !1932
Doctor X
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7048 fod
Warner Bros.
Extant. På dvd.
1932.11 !1932
Pige !Pigen fra Calgary
 United States
Magnacolor indsats
Chardwick Productions
Første spole blev optaget i farver. Tilstede, status for farvesekvensen er ukendt.
1932.12 !1932
Døden !The Death Kiss
 USA
Håndkolorerede indsatser
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Eksisterende. Håndkoloreret af Gustav Brock.
1933.1 !1933
Mysteriet om voksmuseet
 USA
Technicolor spillefilm
7184 fod
Warner Bros.
Eksisterende. På dvd.
1933.2 !1933
Sairandhri
 Indien
UFacolor spillefilm
Prabhat Film Company
Den første farvefilm optaget i Indien, men behandlet og trykt i Tyskland. Eksisterende. På dvd.
1934.1 !1934
Radioparade i 1935
 Det Forenede Kongerige
Dufaycolor indsatser
British International Pictures
To sekvenser blev filmet i Dufaycolor. Tilstede.
1934.2 !1934
Adventure Girl
 USA
Håndkolorerede indsatser
Van Beuren Studios
Eksisterende. Håndkoloreret af Gustav Brock.
1934.3 !1934
Sverige, vikingernes land
 USA
Cinecolor spillefilm
Første spillefilm i Cinecolor. På dvd.
1934.4 !1934
Cat !The Cat and the Fiddle
 USA
Technicolor, Proces 4 indsat
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sort-hvid med sidste spole i farver. Første brug af Technicolor med tre striber i en spillefilm. På dvd.
1934.5 !1934
House !The House of Rothschild
 United States
Technicolor, proces 4 indsat
20th Century Pictures / United Artist
Sort-hvid med slutsekvens i farver.
1934.6 !1934
Hollywood Party
 USA
Technicolor, Process 4 indsat
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sort-hvid med animeret tegnefilmssekvens i farver.
1934.7 !1934
Kid Millions
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 indsat
Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists
Sort-hvid med "Ice Cream Factory" musikalsk finale i farver.
1935.1 !1935
Karnaval cvetov
 Sovjetunionen
Russisk to-farve procesfilm
Mezhrabpomfilm
Første russiske farvefilm. Komplet. På dvd.
1935.2 !1935
Jeunies filles à marier
 Frankrig
Franciacolor spillefilm
Paris Color Films
Første franske spillefilm i naturlig farve. Eksisterende. På dvd.
1935.3 !1935
Legong: Dans af jomfruerne
 USA
Technicolor Process 3 (tofarvet) spillefilm
5054 fod
DuWorld Pictures (USA) / Paramount (intl)
Produceret af Constance Bennett og Henri de la Falaise. Dokumentarfilm i spillefilmslængde, der er filmet udelukkende i tofarvet Technicolor, en af de sidste anvendelser af den ældre proces. Restaureret i 1999 af UCLA Film and Television Archive. På dvd.
1935.4 !1935
Little !Den lille oberst
 USA
Technicolor, proces 4 indsat
Fox
Sort-hvid med en Technicolor-sekvens
1935.5 !1935
Becky Sharp
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 spillefilm
Pioneer Pictures / RKO
Den første spillefilm helt i tre-strip Technicolor. På dvd.
1936.01 !1936
Kliou the Killer
 USA
Technicolor, Process 3 (tofarvet) spillefilm
4917 ft
Bennett Pictures / DuWorld Pictures (US)
Den sidste Technicolor-film i to farver. Findes kun i sort/hvid. På dvd.
1936.02 !1936
Trail !The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
 USA
Technicolor, Process 4 spillefilm
Walter Wanger Productions / Paramount Pictures
Den første Technicolor-film i tre striber, der blev filmet udendørs med naturligt lys.
1936.03 !1936
We're in the Legion Now!
 USA
Magnacolor spillefilm
George A. Hirliman Productions
Også kendt som The Rest Cure. Extant. På dvd.
1936.04 !1936
Fantomet fra Santa Fe
 United States
Cinecolor spillefilm
Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises
Filmet i Multicolor fem år tidligere som "The Hawk", genindspilet version udgivet i Cinecolor som "Phantom of Santa Fe". Findes endnu. På dvd.
1936.05 !1936
Døende !La terre qui meurt
 Frankrig
Franciacolor spillefilm
Paris Color Films
Også kendt som "The Land That Dies". Restaureret i 1992. På DVD.
1936.06 !1936
Pagliacci
 Italien/
 Storbritannien
UFAcolor indsatser
Trafalgar Film Productions
Tilstede med farve. På dvd.
1936.07 !1936
Nightingale !Grunya Kornakova
 Sovjetunionen
Russisk tofarvet procesfilm
Mezhrabpomfilm
Første russiske spillefilm i farver. Eksisterende.
1936.08 !1936
Bajo el sol de Loret
 Peru
Ukendt spillefilm i farvebehandling
Også kendt som "Under Loretos sol". Den første peruvianske spillefilm i farve. Eksisterende.
1936.09 !1936
Djævelen !Djævelen på hesteryg
 USA
Hirlicolor spillefilm
George A. Hirliman Productions
Lang tid anset for forsvundet, indtil den blev fundet i en privat samling i 1980'erne. Komplet i UCLA Film and Television Archive. På dvd.
1936.1 !1936
Bold !The Bold Caballero
 USA
Magnacolor spillefilm
Republic Pictures
Første "Zorro"-film optaget i farver. Komplet. På dvd.
1936.11 !1936
Kaptajn Calamity
 USA
Hirlicolor spillefilm
George A. Hirliman Productions
Komplet. Udgivet på dvd.
1937
Kisan Kanya
 Indien
Cinecolor spillefilm
Imperial Pictures
Den første indiske farvefilm, der blev lavet helt i Indien. Tilgængelig. På dvd.
With Our King and Queen Through India
List of early color feature films
Year
Title
Country
Color process
Length
Production company


1903
La Vie et la passion de Jésus Christ
 France
Pathéchrome

Pathé Frères


Extant. Also known as The Passion Play and Vie et Passion du Christ. Not released as a single feature, but as 32 individual shorts in three different groupings and shot at different times. Some scenes are partially hand coloured (e.g. 52 min. copy on Youtube). The later scenes feature different actors and costumes from the earlier scenes. On DVD.


1912.1 !1912
With Our King and Queen Through India
 United Kingdom
Kinemacolor

Natural Color Kinematograph Company


First feature-length documentary capturing natural color rather than colorization techniques. The original footage ran for 21⁄2 hours (16,000 ft.), presented in two different programmes. The main film of the Delhi Durbar itself was shot on 12 December 1911. The rest of the film was made in other locations in India up to 30 December 1911, of which only a ten-minute extract still exists. Released in UK on 2 February 1912.


1912.2 !1912
Miracle !The Miracle
 United Kingdom
Pathéchrome

Joseph Menchen (personal project)


First stencil-colored feature-length narrative film. Filmed in Austria in October 1912; hand-colored in Paris by seventy people; UK release on 21 December 1912. Original UK length 7,000 feet; censored versions showed at 5,000 and 5,500 feet. Designed to be accompanied by score for full symphony orchestra and chorus by Engelbert Humperdinck. A B&W print of a cut version is extant, held at the CNC Archives, France. Available on Youtube and final scene only, with extracts of the original music.


1914.1 !1914
World !The World, the Flesh and the Devil
 United Kingdom
Kinemacolor

Natural Color Kinematograph Company


First feature-length narrative film in natural color. Lost.


1914.2 !1914
Little Lord Fauntleroy
 United Kingdom
Kinemacolor

Natural Color Kinematograph Company


Status Unknown.


1915
Britain Prepared
 United Kingdom
Kinemacolor inserts

Jury's Imperial Pictures


First British propaganda film. Extant.


1916
Joan the Woman
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts

Famous Players-Lasky


Survives complete with color sequences. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (Color was billed as the "DeMille-Wyckoff Process")


1917.1 !1917
Gulf !The Gulf Between
 United States
Technicolor feature

Technicolor Corporation


First American film shot in color. Lost film. Only a few frames from test prints, showing star Grace Darmond, have survived.


1917.2 !1917
Devil !The Devil-Stone
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts

Famous Players-Lasky


Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Only two reels survive in AFI collection at Library of Congress.


1918.1 !1918
Cupid Angling
 United States
Douglass Natural Color feature

Douglass Natural Color Film Inc.


Lost film. Only feature film made in this process.


1918.2 !1918
Our Navy
 United States
Prizma feature

Prizma


First feature film shot in Prizmacolor.


1920.1 !1920
Treasure Island
 United States
Hand coloring (Handschiegl?)

Paramount Pictures


Lost film.


1920.2 !1920
Roman Candles
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts

Cineart


Lost film.


1921.1 !1921
Bali the Unknown
 United States
Prizma feature

Prizma Inc.


Five-reel documentary opened 27 February 1921 at Capitol Theatre in NYC. On DVD.


1921.2 !1921
Three !The Three Musketeers
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts

United Artists


Film survives in black-and-white only.


1922.1 !1922
Toll !The Toll of the Sea
 United States
Technicolor feature
3190 ft.
Technicolor / Metro Pictures


The first natural-color feature film made in Hollywood. The final two reels are apparently lost. Available on DVD.


1922.2 !1922
bli !A Blind Bargain
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts
188 ft.
Goldwyn Pictures


Lost film.


1922.3 !1922
Glorious !The Glorious Adventure
 United States/
 United Kingdom
Prizma feature

United Artists


Directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Extant at the British Film Institute. On DVD.


1922.4 !1922
Flames of Passion
 United Kingdom
Prizma insert

Astra Film


Directed by Graham Cutts. Lost film.


1922.5 !1922
Foolish Wives
 United States
Hand coloring inserts

Universal Pictures


Hand coloring by Gustav Brock.


1923.1 !1923
Red Lights
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

Goldwyn Pictures


Extant in black-and-white only.


1923.2 !1923
Ten !The Ten Commandments
 United States
Technicolor inserts, Handschiegl Color inserts

Paramount Pictures


Survives complete. Is on DVD.


1923.3 !1923
Vanity Fair
 United States
Prizma insert

Goldwyn Pictures


Directed by Hugo Ballin. Lost film.


1923.4 !1923
Virgin !The Virgin Queen
 United Kingdom
Prizma insert

J. Stuart Blackton Productions


Directed by J. Stuart Blackton. Status unknown.


1923.5 !1923
I Pagliacci
 United Kingdom
Prizma insert

Napoleon Films


Starring Lillian Hall-Davis. Status unknown.


1924.1 !1924
Uninvited !The Uninvited Guest
 United States
Technicolor insert

Metro Pictures


Preservation status unknown.


1924.2 !1924
Cytherea
 United States
Technicolor inserts
230 ft.
Technicolor / Goldwyn Pictures


Lost film. First Technicolor film shot under artificial light.


1924.3 !1924
Wanderer of the Wasteland
 United States
Technicolor feature
3854 ft.
Paramount


First western in color. Lost film.


1924.4 !1924
Venus of the South Seas
 United States
Prizma Insert

Lee-Bradford Corp.


Extant. Restored by the Library of Congress in 2004. Final reel is in Prizma.


1924.5 !1924
Heritage of the Desert
 United States
Technicolor inserts
34 ft.
Paramount


Starring Bebe Daniels. Unknown status.


1924.6 !1924
Greed
 United States
Handschiegl Color Process inserts

Metro-Goldwyn Pictures


Short version of film extant, coloring lost (a few specimen frames may survive). On DVD.


1924.7 !1924
Dancemood !The Dance of the Moods
 United Kingdom
Friese-Greene Natural Color (formerly Biocolour)

Friese-Greene Productions


Unknown if a feature or short film.


1924.8 !1924
Moonbeam Magic
 United Kingdom
Friese-Greene Natural Color (formerly Biocolour)

Spectrum Films


Produced by Claude Friese-Greene. Status unknown, possibly at BFI.


1925.01 !1925
Ben-Hur
 United States
Technicolor inserts
1029 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant. On DVD.


1925.01 !1925
Cyrano de Bergerac
 Italy/
 France
Pathéchrome feature
9501 ft.
Unione Cinematografica Italiana


Starring Pierre Magnier. Extant.


1925.03 !1925
Phantom !The Phantom of the Opera
 United States
Technicolor inserts, Kelley Color /Handschiegl Color
497 ft.
Universal Pictures


One color segment survives. On DVD.


1925.04 !1925
Merry !The Merry Widow
 United States
Technicolor insert
136 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Film survives, but two-minute color sequence is lost.


1925.05 !1925
Stage Struck
 United States
Technicolor inserts

Paramount


Extant with color sequences. Restored by George Eastman House. Starring Gloria Swanson.


1925.06 !1925
Pretty Ladies
 United States
Technicolor insert
597 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant only in black-and-white.


1925.07 !1925
His Supreme Moment
 United States
Technicolor inserts
517 ft.
First National Pictures


Lost film.


1925.08 !1925
Big !The Big Parade
 United States
Applied color by Technicolor
154 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Feature and color exists. On DVD.


1925.09 !1925
So This Is Marriage?
 United States
Technicolor insert
729 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Lost film.


1925.1 !1925
Splendid !The Splendid Road
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

First National Pictures


Status unknown.


1925.11 !1925
Seven Chances
 United States
Technicolor insert
275 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant with color. On DVD.


1925.12 !1925
Kingmain !The King on Main Street
 United States
Technicolor inserts
105 ft.
Famous Players-Lasky


Survives complete.


1925.13 !1925
Lights of Old Broadway
 United States
Technicolor inserts, Handschiegl Color Process inserts

Cosmopolitan Productions


Extant in Library of Congress.


1926.01 !1926
Fig Leaves
 United States
Technicolor insert
969 ft.
Fox Film Corporation


Extant only in black-and-white.


1926.02 !1926
Beverly of Graustark
 United States
Technicolor insert
354 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant.


1926.03 !1926
Open !The Open Road
 United Kingdom
Friese-Greene Natural Color (formerly Biocolour)

Friese-Greene Productions


Series of documentary films shot between 1924 and 1926. A print was restored and shown on the BBC in 2006. On DVD.


1926.04 !1926
Last !Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii
 Italy
Pathéchrome feature
12083 ft.
Società Italiana Grandi Films


Extant. US Title: The Last Days of Pompeii On DVD.


1926.05 !1926
Irene
 United States
Technicolor inserts
972 ft.
First National Pictures


Survives complete with color sequences.


1926.06 !1926
Beau Geste
 United States
Technicolor inserts

Paramount Pictures


Extant.


1926.07 !1926
Flaming !The Flaming Forest
 United States
Technicolor inserts
203 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant at Library of Congress.


1926.08 !1926
American !The American Venus
 United States
Technicolor insert
1574 ft.
Paramount


Lost film. Two trailers, and brief clip of color insert, survive at the Library Of Congress.


1926.09 !1926
Volcano
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

Paramount Pictures


Extant at Library of Congress. Preserved by UCLA and Television and The Museum of Modernr Art.


1926.1 !1926
Mike
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant at Library Of Congress. Complete print of 70 minutes found at Library Of Congress in December 2015.


1926.11 !1926
Black !The Black Pirate
 United States
Technicolor feature
8124 ft.
United Artists


Original Technicolor Process 2 print survives at the BFI. Commonly seen version was created from surviving negatives. Outtakes survive in black-and-white. On DVD.


1926.12 !1926
Fire !The Fire Brigade
 United States
Technicolor inserts, Handschiegl Color inserts
692 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Film extant, but color may be lost.


1926.13 !1926
Joy !The Joy Girl
 United States
Technicolor insert
285 ft.
Fox


A copy may survive in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.


1926.14 !1926
Flames
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

Associated Exhibitors


One reel exists in the Library of Congress.


1926.15 !1926
Girl !The Girl from Montmartre
 United States
Handschiegl Color inserts

First National Pictures


Preserved by Warner Bros. from original negative and nitrate handschiegl print.


1927.1 !1927
Kingking !The King of Kings
 United States
Technicolor inserts

DeMille Productions / Pathé Exchange


Survives complete. Is on DVD.


1927.2 !1927
Winners of the Wilderness
 United States
Technicolor insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


16mm print extant. Starring Joan Crawford. On DVD.


1927.3 !1927
Annie Laurie
 United States
Technicolor insert
204 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant with color at the Library of Congress.


1927.4 !1927
Wizard !The Wizard
 United States
Hand coloring

Fox


Lost film.


1927.5 !1927
Napoléon
 France
Keller-Dorian process sequences

Abel Gance / Gaumont


Extant. Keller-Dorian process proved to be impractical.


1927.6 !1927
La revue des revues
 France
Pathéchrome inserts




Extant.


1928.1 !1928
La Femme et le pantin
 France
Keller-Dorian process




Extant. Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli


1928.2 !1928
None but the Brave
 United States
Technicolor insert
549 ft.
Fox


Unknown


1928.3 !1928
Wedding !The Wedding March
 United States
Technicolor insert, hand coloring.
294 ft.
Paramount


Extant. Directed by Erich von Stroheim


1928.4 !1928
Red Hair
 United States
Technicolor insert
57 ft.
Paramount


Lost film. Color tests survive at UCLA Film and Television Archive.


1928.5 !1928
Casanova
 Germany
Pathéchrome insert

Ciné-Alliance / Pathé


Extant. Based on operetta by Ralph Benatzky.


1928.6 !1928
Viking !The Viking
 United States
Technicolor feature
8398 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant. The first Technicolor feature with sound (synchronized music score and sound effects only, no dialog or "live" sound). On DVD.


1928.7 !1928
Water !The Water Hole
 United States
Technicolor inserts
332 ft.
Paramount


Status unknown.


1928.8 !1928
Court-Martial
 United States
Technicolor insert
473 ft.
Columbia Pictures


Status unknown.


1929.01 !1929
Redskin
 United States
Mostly Technicolor with sepia-toned sequences
4463 ft.
Paramount


Synchronized music score and sound effects but no dialog or "live" sound. Survives complete. On DVD.


1929.02 !1929
On With the Show
 United States
Technicolor
9592 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant in black-and-white. 20-second color clip exists in private collection. The first all-talking color feature. On DVD.


1929.03 !1929
Harmony Heaven
 United Kingdom
Pathéchrome sequences

British International Pictures


Extant at British Film Institute


1929.04 !1929
rom !A Romance of Seville
 United Kingdom
Pathéchrome feature

British International Pictures


Sound version released July 1930. First British sound film released in color, using the Pathéchrome stencil-coloring process. On DVD.


1929.05 !1929
Devil-May-Care
 United States
Technicolor insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Prints survive.


1929.06 !1929
Show !The Show of Shows
 United States
Technicolor feature
9987 ft.
Warner Bros.


Only survives in black-and-white except "Chinese Fantasy" number with Myrna Loy and Nick Lucas and part or all of "Meet My Sister" number. On DVD with latter number in black-and-white (color footage only recently discovered).


1929.07 !1929
Pointed Heels
 United States
Technicolor inserts
270 ft.
Paramount


Extant complete at UCLA. Broadcast master is in black-and-white.


1929.08 !1929
Paris
 United States
Technicolor inserts
3645 ft.
Warner Bros.


Picture lost. Soundtrack extant.


1929.09 !1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway
 United States
Technicolor feature
9122 ft.
Warner Bros.


Two incomplete reels and some short fragments extant. Complete disc soundtrack extant. Surviving reels on DVD.


1929.1 !1929
Sally
 United States
Technicolor feature
9280 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white. Two-minute color sequence also extant. On DVD.


1929.11 !1929
Glorifying the American Girl
 United States
Technicolor insert
897 ft.
Paramount


Extant complete at UCLA. On DVD.


1929.12 !1929
Broadway !The Broadway Melody
 United States
Technicolor insert
307 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant in black-and-white only. On DVD.


1929.13 !1929
Desert !The Desert Song
 United States
Technicolor insert
306 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant in black-and-white only.


1929.14 !1929
Sunny Side Up
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Fox


Extant in black-and-white only.


1929.15 !1929
Hollywood !The Hollywood Revue of 1929
 United States
Technicolor inserts
1360 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant


1929.16 !1929
Broadway
 United States
Technicolor insert
198 ft.
Universal


Survives in a talking version and a silent version made for theaters without sound equipment. The talking version is missing the final reel, the color sequence, which does survive in the silent version.


1929.17 !1929
Married in Hollywood
 United States
Multicolor insert

Fox


Only final reel in Multicolor survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.


1929.18 !1929
Red Hot Rhythm
 United States
Multicolor insert

Pathé Exchange


Only one number in color, the title song, survives.


1929.19 !1929
This Thing Called Love
 United States
Multicolor insert

Pathé Exchange


Lost film except for color sequence.


1929.2 !1929
Dancelif !The Dance of Life
 United States
Technicolor insert
779 ft.
Paramount


Survives in black and White. Part of the Technicolor sequence survives at the Library of Congress.


1929.21 !1929
Footlights and Fools
 United States
Technicolor inserts
1183 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.


Lost film.


1929.22 !1929
His First Command
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Pathé Exchange


Extant in black-and-white. Status of Multicolor sequences unknown.


1929.23 !1929
It's a Great Life
 United States
Technicolor inserts
1391 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant. On DVD from Warner Archive Collection.


1929.24 !1929
Mysterious !The Mysterious Island
 United States
Technicolor feature
8569 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant at UCLA. Complete Technicolor print was discovered in Prague, December 2013 and premiered at the 33rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival in October 2014. On DVD.


1929.25 !1929
Rio Rita
 United States
Technicolor insert
2680 ft.
RKO Radio Pictures


Survives in a cut re-release copy with all color sequences. On DVD.


1929.26 !1929
wil !William Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Fox


Lost film.


1929.27 !1929
Great !The Great Gabbo
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Sono Art-World Wide Pictures


Survives in black-and-white except for missing color musical number "The Ga-Ga Bird". On DVD.


1929.28 !1929
Smiling Irish Eyes
 United States
Technicolor inserts

First National Pictures


Lost film. Soundtrack discs survive at UCLA.


1930.01 !1930
Rogue !The Rogue Song
 United States
Technicolor feature
9565 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Lost film. Complete soundtrack extant on discs. Trailer and fragments preserved at UCLA.


1930.02 !1930
Life !The Life of the Party
 United States
Technicolor feature
7202 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.03 !1930
Hold Everything
 United States
Technicolor feature
7280 ft.
Warner Bros.


Lost film. Soundtrack extant.


1930.04 !1930
Vagabond !The Vagabond King
 United States
Technicolor feature
9413 ft.
Paramount


Only complete copy restored by UCLA


1930.05 !1930
Just for a Song
 United Kingdom
Pathécolor sequences

Gainsborough Pictures


Lost film


1930.06 !1930
Alf's Button
 United Kingdom
Pathécolor sequences

British Gaumont


Lost film


1930.07 !1930
Paramount on Parade
 United States
Technicolor inserts
2517 ft.
Paramount


Plotless all-star revue. Most survives, but one black-and-white and one color sequence are missing, the color finale with Maurice Chevalier survives only in black-and-white, and the sound for two of the color sequences is missing. Restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive


1930.08 !1930
Under a Texas Moon
 United States
Technicolor feature
7501 ft.
Warner Bros.


First all-talking western shot entirely in color. Survives in a complete color copy.


1930.09 !1930
Whoopee!
 United States
Technicolor feature
8681 ft.
United Artists


Survives in at least one complete color copy.


1930.1 !1930
School !The School for Scandal
 United Kingdom
Raycolor feature

Albion Films


Only feature film photographed in this process. Lost film.


1930.11 !1930
Elstree Calling
 United Kingdom
Pathéchrome Inserts

British International Pictures


Extant at the British Film Institute. Co-directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


1930.12 !1930
Hell's Angels
 United States
Multicolor insert
866 ft.
United Artists


Color sequence and film survive complete. Scene filmed in Multicolor, printed by Technicolor


1930.13 !1930
Knowing Men
 United Kingdom
Talkicolor feature

United Artists Corporation


Second British sound feature in color. Lost film.


1930.14 !1930
King of Jazz
 United States
Technicolor feature
9320 ft.
Universal


Extant.


1930.15 !1930
Chasing Rainbows
 United States
Technicolor insert
1249 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Black-and-white parts survive, color sequences are completely lost.


1930.16 !1930
They Learned About Women
 United States
Technicolor insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Survives in black and white only.


1930.17 !1930
Good News
 United States
Multicolor insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Color was used for the finale, which is now completely lost. The rest survives.


1930.18 !1930
Show Girl in Hollywood
 United States
Technicolor insert
832 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.19 !1930
Kismet
 United States
N/A

First National-Warner Bros.


Lost film.


1930.2 !1930
Bride of the Regiment
 United States
Technicolor feature
7418 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.


Picture lost. Soundtrack extant.


1930.21 !1930
Puttin' on the Ritz
 United States
Technicolor Insert
953 ft.
United Artists


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.22 !1930
Mammy
 United States
Technicolor Inserts
1497 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant. The first Al Jolson film with color.


1930.23 !1930
Call of the Flesh
 United States
Technicolor insert
721 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.24 !1930
Bright Lights
 United States
Technicolor feature
6416 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.25 !1930
Children of Pleasure
 United States
Technicolor insert
~700 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Survives complete in black-and-white. Color sequences extant in sections.


1930.26 !1930
General Crack
 United States
Technicolor insert
532 ft.
Warner Bros.


Survives in a silent copy with no color sequences made for theaters without sound equipment.


1930.27 !1930
Melody Man
 United States
Technicolor insert
826 ft.
Columbia Pictures


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.28 !1930
Follow Thru
 United States
Technicolor feature
8383 ft.
Paramount


Extant.


1930.29 !1930
March !The March of Time
 United States
Technicolor inserts

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Production never completed. Several musical sequences extant.


1930.3 !1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Fox


Extant. Only copy at UCLA.


1930.31 !1930
Florodora !The Florodora Girl
 United States
Technicolor insert
608 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant.


1930.32 !1930
Mamba
 United States
Technicolor feature
6998 ft.
Tiffany Pictures


Extant complete. First all-color all-talking feature which was not a musical. On DVD.


1930.33 !1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
 United States
Technicolor feature
5846 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white. On DVD.


1930.34 !1930
Son of the Gods
 United States
Technicolor insert
442 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white.


1930.35 !1930
Song of the Flame
 United States
Technicolor feature
6501 ft.
Warner Bros.


Lost film. Soundtrack extant.


1930.36 !1930
Song of the West
 United States
Technicolor feature
7189 ft.
Warner Bros.


Lost film. Vitaphone discs extant.


1930.37 !1930
Viennese Nights
 United States
Technicolor feature
9191 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant, preserved at UCLA.


1930.38 !1930
Golden Dawn
 United States
Technicolor feature
7546 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant in black-and-white only. Color fragment found circa 2015.


1930.39 !1930
Peacock Alley
 United States
Technicolor insert
651 ft.
Tiffany


Extant; color sequence is at the Library of Congress.


1930.4 !1930
No, No, Nanette
 United States
Technicolor Sequences
3895 ft.
First National-Warner Bros.


Lost film.


1930.41 !1930
Lottery !The Lottery Bride
 United States
Technicolor insert
358 ft.
United Artists


Color sequence survives at the George Eastman House. On DVD.


1930.42 !1930
Lord Byron of Broadway
 United States
Technicolor insert
878 ft.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Extant.


1930.43 !1930
Leathernecking
 United States
Technicolor insert
1474 ft.
RKO


Lost film.


1930.44 !1930
Hit the Deck
 United States
Technicolor insert
3772 ft.
RKO


Lost film.


1930.45 !1930
Dixiana
 United States
Technicolor insert
2006 ft.
RKO


Extant.


1930.46 !1930
cuc !The Cuckoos
 United States
Technicolor insert
833 ft.
RKO


Extant.


1931.01 !1931
Delicious
 United States
Multicolor inserts

Fox


Extant only in black-and-white.


1931.02 !1931
Woman Hungry
 United States
Technicolor feature
6119 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant. On DVD.


1931.03 !1931
Manhattan Parade
 United States
Technicolor feature
6692 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white. On DVD.


1931.04 !1931
Fifty Million Frenchmen
 United States
Technicolor feature
6480 ft.
Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white. On DVD.


1931.05 !1931
Kiss Me Again
 United States
Technicolor feature

Warner Bros.


Extant only in black-and-white. On DVD.


1931.06 !1931
Hawk !The Hawk
 United States
Multicolor feature

Romantic Productions


Shot as the first feature entirely in Multicolor, it had a very limited release. Five years later using the new process Cinecolor it was re-edited and re-recorded as "Phantom of Santa Fe". On DVD.


1931.07 !1931
Runaround !The Runaround
 United States
Technicolor feature
5714 ft.
RKO


Extant only in black-and-white, except for color first reel at Museum of Modern Art. On DVD.


1931.08 !1931
Fanny Foley Herself
 United States
Technicolor feature
6699 ft.
RKO


Lost film. Technicolor trailer extant at George Eastman House.


1932.09 !1932
Tex Takes a Holiday
 United States
Multicolor feature

Argosy Productions Corporation


Final feature-length film shot entirely in Multicolor. Extant. On DVD.


1932.1 !1932
Doctor X
 United States
Technicolor feature
7048 ft
Warner Bros.


Extant. On DVD.


1932.11 !1932
Girl !The Girl from Calgary
 United States
Magnacolor insert

Chardwick Productions


First reel was shot in color. Extant, status of color sequence is unknown.


1932.12 !1932
Death !The Death Kiss
 United States
Hand-colored inserts

Sono Art-World Wide Pictures


Extant. Hand color by Gustav Brock.


1933.1 !1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum
 United States
Technicolor feature
7184 ft
Warner Bros.


Extant. On DVD.


1933.2 !1933
Sairandhri
 India
UFacolor feature

Prabhat Film Company


First color film shot in India, but processed and printed in Germany. Extant. On DVD.


1934.1 !1934
Radio Parade of 1935
 United Kingdom
Dufaycolor inserts

British International Pictures


Two sequences were filmed in Dufaycolor. Extant.


1934.2 !1934
Adventure Girl
 United States
Hand-colored inserts

Van Beuren Studios


Extant. Hand color by Gustav Brock.


1934.3 !1934
Sweden, Land of the Vikings
 United States
Cinecolor feature




First feature-length film in Cinecolor. On DVD.


1934.4 !1934
Cat !The Cat and the Fiddle
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Black-and-white with final reel in color. First use of three-strip Technicolor in a feature-length film. On DVD.


1934.5 !1934
House !The House of Rothschild
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 insert

20th Century Pictures / United Artist


Black-and-white with final sequence in color.


1934.6 !1934
Hollywood Party
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 insert

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


Black-and-white with animated cartoon sequence in color.


1934.7 !1934
Kid Millions
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 insert

Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists


Black-and-white with "Ice Cream Factory" musical finale in color.


1935.1 !1935
Karnaval cvetov
 Soviet Union
Russian two-color process feature

Mezhrabpomfilm


First Russian color film. Extant complete. On DVD.


1935.2 !1935
Jeunies filles à marier
 France
Franciacolor feature

Paris Color Films


First French feature in natural color. Extant. On DVD.


1935.3 !1935
Legong: Dance of the Virgins
 United States
Technicolor Process 3 (two-color) feature
5054 ft
DuWorld Pictures (US) / Paramount (intl)


Produced by Constance Bennett and Henri de la Falaise. Feature-length documentary filmed entirely in two-color Technicolor, one of the last uses of the older process. Restored in 1999 by UCLA Film and Television Archive. On DVD.


1935.4 !1935
Little !The Little Colonel
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 insert

Fox


Black-and-white with one Technicolor sequence


1935.5 !1935
Becky Sharp
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 feature

Pioneer Pictures / RKO


First feature-length film entirely in three-strip Technicolor. On DVD.


1936.01 !1936
Kliou the Killer
 United States
Technicolor, Process 3 (two-color) feature
4917 ft
Bennett Pictures / DuWorld Pictures (US)


Final two-color Technicolor feature. Extant only in black and white. On DVD.


1936.02 !1936
Trail !The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
 United States
Technicolor, Process 4 feature

Walter Wanger Productions / Paramount Pictures


First three-strip Technicolor feature filmed outdoors by natural light.


1936.03 !1936
We're in the Legion Now!
 United States
Magnacolor feature

George A. Hirliman Productions


Also known as The Rest Cure. Extant. On DVD.


1936.04 !1936
Phantom of Santa Fe
 United States
Cinecolor feature

Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises


Filmed in Multicolor five years earlier as "The Hawk", re-edited version released in Cinecolor as "Phantom of Santa Fe". Extant. On DVD.


1936.05 !1936
Dying !La terre qui meurt
 France
Franciacolor feature

Paris Color Films


Also known as "The Land That Dies". Restored in 1992. On DVD.


1936.06 !1936
Pagliacci
 Italy/
 United Kingdom
UFAcolor inserts

Trafalgar Film Productions


Extant with color. On DVD.


1936.07 !1936
Nightingale !Grunya Kornakova
 Soviet Union
Russian two-color Process feature

Mezhrabpomfilm


First Russian feature-length narrative film in color. Extant.


1936.08 !1936
Bajo el sol de Loret
 Peru
Unknown color process feature




Also known as "Under Loreto's Sun". First Peruvian color feature film. Extant.


1936.09 !1936
Devil !The Devil on Horseback
 United States
Hirlicolor feature

George A. Hirliman Productions


Long presumed lost until found in private collection in the 1980s. Complete in UCLA Film and Television Archive. On DVD.


1936.1 !1936
Bold !The Bold Caballero
 United States
Magnacolor feature

Republic Pictures


First "Zorro" film shot in color. Extant complete. On DVD.


1936.11 !1936
Captain Calamity
 United States
Hirlicolor feature

George A. Hirliman Productions


Extant complete. Released on DVD.


1937
Kisan Kanya
 India
Cinecolor feature

Imperial Pictures


First Hindi color film made entirely in India. Extant. On DVD.
List of early color feature films