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to put X-number of feet of output through Tech -- and Kalmus enforced them to put out DOCTOR X in color. This was part of the deal when they did the contract in '29-30 and tried to tie up as many cameras & Tech's services as they could, betting this would be Sound all over again. They were wrong.
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DOCTOR X (1932) - COLOR vs. BLACK & WHITE - Image Comparisons Post Apr 23, 2021 #7 2021-04-23T03:13+00:00 5) Reporter Lee Taylor 's ( Lee Tracy ) bare feet with "John Doe" toe tag, at the Mott Street Morgue -- with noticeably different camera angles in each version.
DOCTOR X is a personal favorite - Michael Curtiz' rapid-fire direction, genre favorites Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray in their first teaming, Lee Tracy's quintessential '30's reporter, Preston Foster in an offbeat role, and Anton Grot's stylized art direction all bathed in the eerie tones of two-strip Technicolor.
I always consider DOCTOR X a part of that select sub-genre known as Early Talky, where one foot is firmly planted in silent pantomime while the other tootsie dips the slippery waters of object realism. Michael Curtiz eventually did make that successful transition. I sometimes get the impression that guys like Tod Browning, and maybe even ...
Another aspect helps—being old. When I was born, a 1932 film wasn’t even 30 years old. That kind of comedy was still turning up on contemporary TV shows. It is part of my humor learning curve, part of my library, if you will. Some of this is like encountering humor from other countries; it can require a lot of exposure for it to finally work.
As you have no doubt guessed from my profile name I'm a mad keen fan of Doctor X the Two Color Technicolor Warner Bros Classic and also Mystery of the DOCTOR X (1932) - Page 13 - The Classic Horror Film Board
It's true; cobbling trailers together from outakes continued well into the 40s. My favorites are the last 2 Kharis films: In THE MUMMY'S GHOST The Mum
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DOCTOR X without color is like an ice cream sundae without the ch It's funny how the more rare item always seem to be the more "satisfying" to people. DOCTOR X (1932) - Page 10 - The Classic Horror Film Board