From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!mag
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: FP as the first color film - (nf)
Article-I.D.: whuxlb.556
Posted: Sun Sep 12 13:35:00 1982
Received: Mon Sep 13 01:45:13 1982
References: uiucdcs.703

"Wizard of Oz" was NOT hand-colored.  The scenes in Oz were filmed on
Kodachrome at ASA 10, and processed by Technicolor, I think.  It is not
practical to hand color 7 million frames for a low-budget picture
expected to have a limited appeal, as W. of O. was expected to.
They were easily capable of color as a routine by 1935, as witness
GWTW.  W. of O. was made in 1939.  The only frame-by-frame hand
coloring I know of for a long photographic sequence was done to GWTW in
the late 60s, and this was retouching, not original coloring. It looked
BAD.  Read the credits next time you catch W. of O.  Mike Gray.