Gevacolor
Gevacolor is a
History
Although Gevacolor was first produced by Gevaert in 1947, the brand name was only protected three years later, due to the company assuming no-one else would claim the name.[2] In their internal magazine Foto-dienst, the company specified the two initial types of Gevacolor: one for filming by daylight and one for filming by artificial light. Both were available in small format film (35mm).[3] While there are claims that Gevaert was the first company to produce color film in the post-war period, Roosens doubts this claim. Ferrania had already produced a diapositive film during 1942-1944, and again in 1951. Furthermore, in 1946, color film using Agfacolor technology was being produced under Soviet supervision in a factory in Shostka, under the brand name Sovcolor.[3]
List of films taken in Gevacolor
Bangladeshi films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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Narom Garom | Gevacolor | Unknown | First feature Bangla film shot in Gevacolor. |
Pakistani films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat | Gevacolor | 1975 |
Turkish films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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Çanakkale Aslanları | Gevacolor | 1964 |
European films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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La maison du printemps | Gevacolor | 1949 | First ever film shot in Gevacolor. | |
Lúdas Matyi | 1950 | First feature film in Hungary to be shot in Gevacolor. | ||
Blaubart | Color | 1951 | Shot in Gevacolor. | |
The Heath is Green | Gevacolor | 1951 | [4] | |
Cet âge est sans pitié | 1952 | |||
Senza veli | 1952 | |||
Imperial Violets | 1952 | [4] | ||
Tarantella napoletana | 1953 | |||
The Lady of the Camellias | 1953 | |||
L'uomo, la bestia e la virtù | Partly in colour | 1953 | Some scenes were shot in Gevacolor. | |
La nave delle donne maledette | Gevacolor | 1953 | ||
Königliche Hoheit | 1953 | For legal reasons, German films shot on Gevacolor had a disclaimer:
"Gevacolor nach Agfa und Gevaert Patenten". |
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Joan of Arc at the Stake | 1954 | [4] | ||
Orient Express | 1954 | [4] | ||
Le comte de Montechristo | 1954 | |||
Quay of Blondes | 1954 | |||
Suspiros de Triana[5] | 1955 | |||
India: Matri Bhumi | 1958 | First documentary-hybrid film to be shot in Gevacolor. | ||
The Devil's Nightmare | 1971 | |||
L'albero degli zoccoli | 1978 | Last ever film shot in Gevacolor. |
Indian films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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Kalyaanam Pannippaar | Partly in colour | 1952 | First Tamil and South Indian film with a colour sequence. Song sequence of "Engu Sendraayo" filmed in colour. | |
Shahenshah | Gevacolor | 1953 | First full length Indian movie shot in Gevacolor. | |
Succa Jhoota | Gevacolor | First full length Indian movie shot in Gevacolor. | ||
Kanavaney Kankanda Deivam
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Partly in colour | 1955 | Second Tamil film to have colour sequence. Song sequence of "Jagajothiye" and ending dance sequence in colour. | |
Alibabavum 40 Thirudargalum | Colour | 1956 | First full length Tamil colour film | |
Marma Veeran | Partly in colour | Tamil film. Some scenes shot in colour. | ||
Kannin Manigal | Contains sequences in Gevacolor. Tamil film.Lost film. | |||
Thangamalai Ragasiyam | 1957 | Tamil film. Sequence of the song "Ehalogame" in colour | ||
Rathnagiri Rahasya | Kannada film. Sequence of a song in colour | |||
Ambikapathy | Tamil film. Sequence of duet songs in colour | |||
Allaudinum Arputha Vilakkum |
Tamil film. Song sequence of "Chelaadum Neerodai Meethae" in colour | |||
Allavuddin Adbhuta Deepam |
Telugu film. One song sequence in color | |||
Nadodi Mannan | 1958 | Tamil film. Second half in colour | ||
Illarame Nallaram | Tamil film. Dance sequence by Saroja Devi and Kumari Kamala in colour.
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Engal Kudumbam Perisu | Tamil film. Children's dance drama in colour | |||
School Master | Kannada film. Children's dance drama in colour | |||
Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu | Telugu film. A dance sequence in color | |||
Thirumanam | Tamil film. Dance sequence by Gopi Krishna, B. Sarojadevi in colour. This is a lost film with no surviving prints.
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Minnal Veeran | 1959 | Tamil film. Some sequences in color. | ||
Deiva Balam | Tamil film. Second half of the film and other segments in colour. | |||
Daiva Balam | Telugu film. Second half of the film and other segments in colour. | |||
Veerapandiya Kattabomman | Gevacolor | Tamil film. Shot entirely in Gevacolor, then prints released in Technicolor. | ||
Athisaya Penn | Partly in Gevacolor | Tamil film. Film was shot in Gevacolor. The climax of this film was shot in Technicolor for 45 minutes. | ||
Adutha Veetu Penn |
Partly in colour | 1960 | Tamil film. The song "Enakkaga Nee Raja" was shot in colour. | |
Kuzhandhaigal Kanda Kudiyarasu | Tamil film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
Pillalu Techina Challani Rajyam | Telugu film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
Makkala Rajya | Kannada film. Some parts of the film appeared in colour. | |||
Runanubandham | Telugu film . | |||
Sri Valli | Colour | 1961 | Tamil film. | |
Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan | Only Malayalam film in Gevacolor | |||
Kappalottiya Thamizhan | Partly in colour | Tamil film. A song sequence shot in colour. | ||
Aradhana | 1962 | Telugu film. Song sequence of "Ohoho Mavayya" in colour. | ||
Lava Kusa | Gevacolor | 1963 | Last Tamil film to be shot in Gevacolor. | |
Lava Kusa | The first full length Telugu film to be shot in Gevacolor. |
Malaysian films
Title | Color | Year | Notes | Ref. |
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Buloh Perindu | Gevacolor | 1953 | First feature film in Malaysia shot in Gevacolor. | |
Ribut | Gevacolor | 1956 | Third colour film in Malaysia and the second Gevacolor film. | |
Mahsuri | Gevacolor | 1959 | Third Gevacolor in Malaysia |
See also
- List of film formats
- List of color film systems
- Imbibition
- List of early color feature films
References
- ISBN 978-1135120856.
- ^ Roosens, Laurent (1996). Arbeid Adelt. Een geschiedenis van de door Lieven Gevaert opgerichte fotografische industrie. Deel 5b (in Dutch). Mortsel: Agfa-Gevaert. p. 502.
- ^ a b Roosens, Laurent (1996). Arbeid Adelt. Een geschiedenis van de door Lieven Gevaert opgerichte fotografische industrie. Deel 5b (in Dutch). Mortsel: Agfa-Gevaert. pp. 544–545.
- ^ a b c d e Roosens, Laurent (1996). Arbeid Adelt. Een geschiedenis van de door Lieven Gevaert opgerichte fotografische industrie. Deel 5b (in Dutch). Mortsel: Agfa-Gevaert. p. 582.
- ^ "Suspiros de Triana de Ramón Torrado (1955) contada por Dqvlapeli Blog".