▁of ▁these . ▁Key ▁editor ▁was ▁Bert ▁Frank , ▁who ▁also ▁worked ▁on ▁many ▁other ▁Vit aph one ▁short s , ▁including ▁some ▁document aries ▁that ▁assemble d ▁old ▁silent ▁film ▁foot age . ▁Leo ▁D onn elly ▁was ▁a ▁key ▁narr ator ▁in ▁the ▁earlier ▁short s , ▁also ▁handling ▁Ri ple y ’ s ▁Bel ieve ▁It ▁or ▁Not ▁for ▁Warner - V it aph one . ▁ ▁When ▁rival ▁Fitz P atr ick ▁with ▁M GM ▁started ▁shooting ▁in ▁full ▁Techn icol or , ▁Warner ▁was ▁already ▁sp ending ▁a ▁fortune ▁on ▁their ▁other ▁two - re el ▁musical ▁and ▁comedy ▁short s ▁in ▁color . ▁As ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁( al ong ▁with ▁various ▁technical ▁difficulties ), ▁the ▁New man ▁series ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁released ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 6 , ▁then ▁opt ed ▁for ▁the ▁more ▁econom ical ▁C ine color . ▁Trade ▁reviews ▁t ended ▁to ▁unf avor ably ▁compare ▁them ▁with ▁the ▁M GM ▁Tra vel tal ks , ▁which ▁bo asted ▁the ▁full ▁rain bow ▁effect . ▁Yet ▁they ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁pra ised ▁for ▁their ▁expert ▁comment ary ▁and ▁interesting ▁subject ▁matter . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁the ▁so - called ▁" Col ort ours " ▁were ▁re group ed ▁as ▁the ▁Vit aph one ▁Color ▁Par ade , ▁moving ▁on ▁to ▁multi - subject ▁topics ▁back ed ▁by ▁Mechan ix ▁Illustr ated . ▁ ▁Ear lier ▁career ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁joining ▁Warner - V