European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes May 1985 daily Magazine today crossword putting color in Blacka Edwhite movies Ragm photo a scene from original captains by Bob Thomas associated press would you like to see the colors of Monument Valley in Stagecoach the Blue of the sea in captains courageous Bette Davis red gown in Jezebel All this and More May be possible with an electronic Marvel that converts Blacka Edwhite mov ies and television shows into color on film who believe that classics of the screen should not be tampered will probably see but greenbacks arc in the minds of the film companies that arc contemplating color is color so important because television especially those in Are reluctant to broadcast Blacka Edwhite and buyers and renters of video cassettes prefer color movies by a great the Leader of the infant color conversion business is the Hollywood based color systems headed by inventor Ralph Winger and two veterans of film buddy Young and Charles their company has already contracted with Mem a to convert Camue Greta Robert Yankee Doodle Dandy James Jecki and Hyde Spencer Ingrid Bergman and Mutiny on the Bounty Clark Charles Ralph who began designing electronic equipment in Philadelphia in experimented with a color conversion process in the he explains How the system works the Blacka Edwhite film is transferred to 1 Inch a computer operator picks out key frames from each individual scene and by using an electronic Light Pencil assigns color values to the actors and of then the computer takes Over and colors All the other frames in the a minute of the scene can be coloured in one Weinger a 100minute movie can be completed in a Day and a the reported Cost per the first Job for wingers process was the 1978 to docudrama film ways could find no color foot age of the 1963 March on Washington to interweave with the dramatized Martin Luther King Weinger provided four minutes of the March in Abc heard about the process and hired Weinger to color a half hour of world War ii newsreels for the biography of Dwight Weinger was encouraged to shift from Philadelphia to color systems is not the Only firm in the the Toronto based colonization has become a unit of Hal Roach which is converting Topper and other Roach films to Young and both former marketing Heads at major Are understandably bullish about the systems commercial More than to series were created before says shows like sea Hunt and love Lucy could have a whole new life in so could feature especially in where they rarely show Blacka Edwhite this is not a theatrical adds the kids who go to Heaters today dont care about our Market is for More mature the ones who buy and rent and statistics show that 11 percent of the cassette Market is classic says Weinger its amazing what happens when color is the film seems More and you can see More than you can in Black and White there is More depth to the youre getting More Black and White is not Natu maybe but Many film buffs would shudder at the thought of citizen Kane or on the waterfront in living the color systems people Are sensitive to such opposition and insist they will strive to follow filmmakers if a film was made in Black and White for mood and it will not be As they have hired a new consultant on Quality control Gene president of the Academy of motion picture arts and sciences and longtime Art director for George the added color seems remarkably especially the crucial skin while not totally resembling an original color the conversion process gives a Overall impression of adding depth and dimension to a to f by Eugene Sheffer across 1 fencing foil 6 sea Bird 9 of Yore 12 at times 13 Brad 14 pro vote 38 Magna 40 saucy 42 Kimono Sash 43 pattern 48 Dull routine 49 work for 50 regans father 15 old photo51 French graph 17 Knave of clubs 18 War god 19 satisfies 21 Montana City 24 Booty 25 author Seton 26 Norm 30 gratuity 31 Shoreline 32 hint 33 shipboard attendants 35 part of 36 medic or Tokay 37 worked As a Model 2 As easy As 3 audience 4 printers goofs 5 grafted 6 beams 7 Pinch 8 component 9 Caslon and Bodoni 10 warmth 11 Sweet potatoes 16 crude Metal summer 52 precedent 53 goals Down 1 sprite solution time 25 514 to yesterdays 20 old times 21 vampires 22 distinct part 23 use an office machine 24 fail to bid 26 painful 27 Young child 28 magic sign 29 Legal paper 31 party goodies 34 humor 35 Container 37 no player 38 Center 39 Border on 40 Safe Harbor 41 sight in Sicily 44 Norma 45 Strong urge 46 Cushion 47 areas 21 30 3t 38 5t 22 39 23 36 34 16 31 43 49 52 13 26 44 27 40 24 41 19 37 20 35 50 53 14 17 32 45 10 28 46 11 29 47 514 Hubert just that in 90 around Quim