Title | Year | Color Process | Film Preservation |
---|---|---|---|
By Order of Napoleon | 1910 | Kinemacolor | Unknown. Directed by Theo Frenkel |
With Our King and Queen Through India | 1912 | Kinemacolor | Two hours exist, of what may have been a six-hour documentary film of the Delhi Durbar in December 1911 |
The World, the Flesh and the Devil | 1914 | Kinemacolor | Unknown |
Little Lord Fauntleroy | 1914 | Kinemacolor | Unknown |
Joan the Woman | 1916 | Handschiegl Color Process inserts | Survives complete in color |
The Gulf Between | 1917 | Technicolor | Lost film (a few frames of the film exist, showing star Grace Darmond) |
Cupid Angling | 1918 | Natural Color | Unknown |
The Glorious Adventure | 1918 | Prizma | Unknown |
Our Navy | 1918 | Prizma | Unknown |
The Lure of Alaska | 1919 | Unknown color process, possibly Prizma | Unknown. Also unknown if this is a feature length film |
Everywhere With Prizma | 1919 | Prizma | Unknown. Also unknown if this is a feature length film |
Way Up Yonder | 1920 | Prizma | Unknown |
The Toll of the Sea | 1922 | Technicolor | Last two reels are lost. Is on DVD. |
A Blind Bargain | 1922 | Handschiegl Color Process | Lost. Last print destroyed in 1965 studio vault fire |
Flames of Passion | 1922 | Prizma Insert | Lost. |
The Ten Commandments | 1923 | Technicolor inserts, Handschiegl Color Process | Paramount Pictures. Survives complete. Is on DVD. |
The Virgin Queen | 1923 | Prizma Insert | Unknown |
Vanity Fair | 1923 | Prizma Insert | Lost film |
I Pagliacci | 1923 | Prizma Insert | Unknown |
The Uninvited Guest | 1924 | Technicolor Insert | Metro Pictures. Unknown |
Cytherea | 1924 | Technicolor Insert | Goldwyn Pictures. Unknown |
Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1924 | Technicolor | Paramount. Lost film. |
Venus of the South Seas | 1924 | Prizma Insert | Survives complete. Restored by the Library of Congress in 2004. Final reel of 55-minute film is in Prizmacolor. |
The Heritage of the Desert | 1924 | Technicolor Insert | Paramount. Unknown |
The Dance of the Moods | 1924 | Friese-Greene Natural Colour | Unknown. Also unknown if this is a feature length film or a short film. |
The Open Road | 1924 | Biocolor | A print was restored and shown on the BBC in 2006 |
Ben-Hur | 1925 | Technicolor Inserts | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Survives complete. Is on DVD. |
The Phantom of the Opera | 1925 | Part Technicolor, part Handschiegl Color Process | Universal Pictures. One color segment survives. Is on DVD. |
The Merry Widow | 1925 | Technicolor Insert, Handschiegl Color Process | Two minute color sequence is lost. |
Stage Struck | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | Still survives complete. |
Pretty Ladies | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | MGM. A print of this movie survives without the Technicolor sequences. |
His Supreme Moment | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | Lost film. |
The Big Parade | 1925 | Applied color by Technicolor. | A print of this movie survives. Applied color segment exists. |
So This Is Marriage? | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | Unknown |
Seven Chances | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | Still survives complete with Technicolor sequence. Is on DVD. |
The King on Main Street | 1925 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete. |
Fig Leaves | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | A copy of this movie survives. No sources indicate that the color sequence still survive. Is on DVD. |
Beverly of Graustark | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | A copy survives. |
Irene | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete with color sequence. |
The Flaming Forest | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | Unknown |
The American Venus | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | Film lost. Trailer, including portion of color insert, survives. |
The Black Pirate | 1926 | Technicolor | Original version survives in Black and White. Color restoration is from outtakes. Is on DVD. |
The Joy Girl | 1926 | Technicolor Insert | A copy may survive in the Museum of Modern Art film archive. |
The King of Kings | 1927 | Technicolor Inserts | Survives complete. Is on DVD. |
The Wedding March | 1927 | Technicolor Insert, Hand coloring. | Survives complete. |
Annie Laurie | 1927 | Technicolor Insert | MGM. Final reel was in Technicolor, unknown if print found in 1987 contains color reel. |
None But the Brave | 1928 | Technicolor Insert | Fox Film Corporation. Unknown |
Red Hair | 1928 | Technicolor Insert | Paramount. Lost film. Color insert survives. |
Casanova | 1928 | Pathéchrome Insert | Unknown |
The Viking | 1928 | Technicolor | Still survives complete. |
Court-Martial | 1928 | Technicolor Insert | Unknown |
Redskin | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | Still survives complete. |
The Show of Shows | 1929 | Technicolor | Only survives in black and white except the Chinese Fantasy scene with Myrna Loy and Nick Lucas. |
Pointed Heels | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | UCLA has a complete copy of this film with all color sequences, but has not released it. TCM airs a cut black and white copy of this film on television. |
On With the Show | 1929 | Technicolor | Survives in a black and white copy, except for 20 seconds of the original color footage, which was found a couple years ago. |
Paris | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | This is a lost film, but the soundtrack which was recorded on Vitaphone disc still survives. |
Gold Diggers of Broadway | 1929 | Technicolor | 2 out of 10 reels of this movie only survives. |
Sally | 1929 | Technicolor | This movie mostly survives in black and white, except for the Wild Rose scene with Marilyn Miller (two or three minute scene). |
Glorifying the American Girl | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | This movie survives complete with all color sequences and is on DVD. |
The Broadway Melody | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | This movies survives in a full black and white copy. Is on DVD. |
The Desert Song | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | The Desert Song survives in a black and white copy. |
Sunny Side Up | 1929 | Multicolor Inserts | Color sequences only survive in black-and-white |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete with all color sequences |
Broadway | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | Survives in a silent copy made for theaters without sound equipment |
Married in Hollywood | 1929 | Multicolor Insert | Only final reel in Multicolor survives at UCLA. |
Red Hot Rhythm | 1929 | Techniclor Inserts | Only one number in color, the title song, survives. |
This Thing Called Love | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | Lost film |
The Dance of Life | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | Survives in black and White |
Footlights and Fools | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | Lost film. |
His First Command | 1929 | Multicolor Inserts | There's is no information on color sequences, however not a lost film. |
It's a Great Life | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | Color sequences survive. |
The Mysterious Island | 1929 | Technicolor Inserts | A few minutes of the first reel survive in color, the rest is in black and white. |
Rio Rita | 1929 | Technicolor Insert | Survives in a cut re-release copy with all color sequences. |
The Rogue Song | 1929 | Technnicolor | Lost film. |
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 | 1929 | Multicolor Inserts | Lost film. |
The Great Gabbo | 1929 | Multicolor Insert | Survives complete except for color musical number. Is on DVD. |
The Life of the Party | 1930 | Technicolor | Only survives in black and white. |
The Vagabond King | 1930 | Technicolor | Survives in a complete full color copy. |
Paramount on Parade | 1930 | Technicolor Inserts | Film and all color sequences survive, however sound to some color sequences is missing. Restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive |
Under a Texas Moon | 1930 | Technicolor | Survives in a complete color copy. |
Whoopee! | 1930 | Technicolor | Survives in a complete color copy. |
Elstree Calling | 1930 | Pathéchrome Inserts | Survives complete in black-and-white. Originally had two color inserts. |
Hell's Angels | 1930 | Multicolor Insert | Color sequence and film survive complete. Filmed in Multicolor, printed by Technicolor |
King of Jazz | 1930 | Technicolor | Survives in a full color, complete copy. |
Chasing Rainbows | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Color sequences are lost. |
Show Girl in Hollywood | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Only survives in black and white. |
Kismet | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Lost film. |
Bride of the Regiment | 1930 | Technicolor | The film for this movie is lost, but the soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone discs survives complete. Even if this movie still survived today it would be in black and white. |
Puttin' on the Ritz | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Only survives in a full black and white copy. |
Mammy | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Color sequence survives with Dutch titles. |
Call of the Flesh | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Color sequences don't survive. |
Bright Lights | 1930 | Technicolor | Only survives in Black and White. |
Children of Pleasure | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete in black and white. Color sequences survive separately. |
General Crack | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Survives in a silent copy with no color sequences made for theaters without sound equipment. |
Melody Man | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Survives in a black and white copy. |
New Movietone Follies of 1930 | 1930 | Multicolor Insert | Lost film. |
Follow Thru | 1930 | Technicolor | Still survives in technicolor. |
The Florodora Girl | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete in Technicolor Sequence. |
Mamba | 1930 | Technicolor | Survives complete in full color. |
Sweet Kitty Bellairs | 1930 | Technicolor | Only survives in black and white. |
Song of the Flame | 1930 | Technicolor | Lost film. Soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone disc still survives complete. |
Song of the West | 1930 | Technicolor | Lost film. |
Peacock Alley | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Only survives in black and white. |
No, No, Nanette | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Lost film. |
The Lottery Bride | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Only survives in black and white. Is on DVD. |
Lord Byron of Broadway | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Unknown |
Leathernecking | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Lost film. |
Hit the Deck | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Lost film. |
Dixiana | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Still survives complete with color sequence. |
The Cuckoos | 1930 | Technicolor Insert | Survives complete with color sequence at the end. Is on DVD |