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Being a lover of 'Penny Serenade'

posted 15 years ago by joanmcgittigan
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It is on youtube in color....thanks to

leewileyandfriends2

It is a treat for those who love the movie or may love anything Irene Dunne or Cary Grant!

[–] WeluvDogs 9 years ago

Thank you for the information. Personally I don't care for movies that they add color too. It detracts from the story. But that's just me.

[–] krdement 8 years ago

Black-and-white films were conceived and filmed in black-and-white, and the filmmakers achieved certain intended effects with light and shadow (even films other than "noirs") that are, for the most part negated by colorization. Colorization is as much a re-direction of a film as panning and scanning.

John 3:16

[–] krdement 8 years ago

[–] joes119-1 8 years ago

B&W owed its 'conception' to the studio accountants. Directors were employees. Employees. Not filmmakers. Employees.

[–] krdement 8 years ago

For the most part (certainly in the 30's and 40's) you are absolutely right. But given the accountant's constraints as parameters within which "employees" worked, those employees were conceiving camera angles, lighting and so forth to execute their vision of any particular film.

John 3:16

[–] WeluvDogs 8 years ago

I'm not sure what you mean?