On Wednesday, in article
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"mike weber" wrote:
> On 11 Mar 2008 20:33:59 -0400, "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >Kip Williams <kiptw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Joy Beeson wrote:
> >>> That show was colored, not colorized: they colored *only* the
> >>> scenes set inside the dollhouse and, ala Wizard of Oz, went back
> >>> to black and white when the magic stopped.
> >
> >> They made an old TZ episode in color, or did somebody do this after
> >> the fact? Sounds interesting.
> >
> >Sounds kind of pointless if it was done at the time, since almost
> >nobody had a color TV then.
> >
> >(The Wizard of Oz, by way of contrast, was intended to be seen in
> >theaters, not on television.)
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> Television porograms rather before "Twilight Zone" were shot in
> colour, even if very few people had colour teevees (or, for that
> matter, many stations didn't colourcast even net programs that were in
> colour) - "Superman", for instance.
I vaguely recall something from a children's book which mentioned that
the TV set was painted in greys, but they were starting to use coloured
paints.
I know that, pre-WW1, British railways companies would paint a new
locomotive in "photographic grey" for the official pictures of the new
design. Considering the film of the time, and the colours sometimes
used, I can see why: red lining on black, on film that didn't respond to
red light.
Was the TV-production story true? Well, in the early days they had to
use some odd-looking makeup for the same reason, and I can see set and
costume designers being a bit careful, but a grey-painted set seems a
little too awkward to produce. Though a stone-wall flat for Nottingham
Castle could be mostly greys without looking wrong to a painter or a
studio audience.
--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.
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