COMING TO REGENT.

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 58, 6 September 1934, Page 8

COMING TO REGENT.

One of the most complicated machines ever devised' was used in the filming of the Joseph M.. Schenck-Darryl Zanuck. 20th Century picture "The House of Rothschild," starring '• George • Arliss, which commences at.' the : . Regent;-to-morrow. This' is the newly-perfected teehnicolour camera which takes motion pictures in' their exact natural colours. The camera turns out three films at once, each one receiving impressions in a different primary colour of the scene photographed. The means by which this extraordinary feat is achieved is so intricate as to baffle the most arclent follower of "Popular. Science Monthly." In fact, it, requires almost an Einstein to understand .the mathematical and optical problems involved. While tlie ( new process^ has been in use for some months-by Walt Disney 'for his Silly Symphonies, "The House of Rothschild" is the first feature, picture with human-actors to employ it. The special,camera was used for the final scenes of v the picture,, because; those scenes.-were: judged by Mr. Zanueki' productioncliief of 20th Century, to bertoo magnificent -a spectacle to be wasted.on merely black and white: Since a large sum was already invested in regal costumes and sets, he determined to give the audiences the full, benefit of their, splendour. The scenes photographed in. colour show George Arliss, as Nathaii Rothschild, the English representative of" the famous banking family, being publicly honoured at the' Cour'tjof St. Janies in recognition of his. aid to'"■• Wellington, in defeating Napoleon at Waterloo. With over 200 people in richly decorative Court costumes of the period, appearing before the sumptuously royal settings,""the scene was so striking that; only .'a faithful, reproduction; in colour; could possibly do it justice. ' ', ~''".'■■

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