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Firstly Topper, and Way Out West(both originally made in 1937), became the first black-and-white films to be redistributed in colour using the digital ‘Colorization’ process. In case you didn’t know, in 1983, original Laurel and Hardy producer, Hal Roach studios, became one of the first studios to use computerised film colourisation and began creating digitally coloured versions of some of its films. Yes, I wanted to own them so I could dip in if I fancied it, but I only ever watched the original versions… until the granddaughters came along. Then the 21-disc DVD set came out in the UK and what purported to be ‘better’ colour versions were included, but still, ‘Colorization’ wasn’t for me. I was buying them out of curiosity and, I suppose, loyalty. When the ‘colour’ Virgin videos were released, I like many, was in the queue on release day with many around me extolling the virtues of the ‘new’ films. Perhaps they were just ‘in the zone’ at the time, but I mean, reflections in the mirrors in Mickey Finn’s palace were still black and white! What was that about? But I also recall being a little underwhelmed, the expectations of a ‘colour’ film I had in my mind had not quite been met, but many around me were blown away, so I thought it must just have been me. |
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