Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Screen tests in colour from 1922

scotrace

Head Bartender
Staff member
Messages
14,393
Location
Small Town Ohio, USA
Wonderful! A great reminder of how much the film industry had matured in its techniques by the 1920's. By 1929, they really had it down.
 

dhermann1

I'll Lock Up
Messages
9,154
Location
Da Bronx, NY, USA
This looks like the 2 color process. Quite tantalizing, since you really don't see any yellows or blues. Yet even this partial color lends a great feeling of "realness" to the images.
 
Messages
13,473
Location
Orange County, CA
I was looking at the comments and this one by silvertonguebrat speaks for me.

This took my breath away! It was like I was one of the few who first witness the dawning of an era. The era of being pure, honest and wholesome. The women back in the '20s were just as lovely as we claim today's women. Graceful, elegant, feminine and confident of who they were, unlike the angry, androgynous-looking young women today.
 

sportell

New in Town
Messages
30
Location
Germany
That was awesome! Thank you so much for posting that. I eat up films and images that show people as they really were. And the fact that this was in colour helps so much with recreation.
 

SGT Rocket

Practically Family
Messages
600
Location
Twin Cities, Minn
Amazing

That was amazing. Thank you so much for posting.
I agree with VC Burnswick about the quote he posted:

"This took my breath away! It was like I was one of the few who first witness the dawning of an era. The era of being pure, honest and wholesome. The women back in the '20s were just as lovely as we claim today's women. Graceful, elegant, feminine and confident of who they were, unlike the angry, androgynous-looking young women today."

I really prefer the pure, honest, and wholesome look of women.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
109,645
Messages
3,085,666
Members
54,471
Latest member
rakib
Top