Hi Caryn,
Tinted film was very common in the 1920s into the 30s. Many of the
Kodascope library 16mm prints I've seen from that period used tinted
stocks.
I can't tell you the why...
Although I certainly understand the use of different tinted stocks within
a film to indicate mood or time of day/nigh
Dear Frameworkers,
I had the pleasure of making a short film out of the Basement Films
collection in Albuquerque last month as part of the Experiments in Cinema
festival (thank you Bryan Konefsky and Michelle Mellor!). My recycled film
has—no surprise—a lot of color scenes that have faded to pi