Mr. Technicolor - Hardcover

Kalmus, H. T., Ph.D.; Kalmus, Eleanor King

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1882127315 ISBN 13: 9781882127313

Publisher: Magicimage Filmbooks, 1993

Synopsis

Kay Harmon, managing director of Technicolor Corporation's British facility wrote to Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus upon learning of his plan to write an autobiographical account of the development of Technicolor:
...You have created a new art form and I acclaim it so and reject any accusation of vanity. You have created a new and fascinating world of colour that can be used in the arts and sciences to reveal the texture of life, to teach, to educate and to inform. But most important is its adaptation to an art form. You, more than any man living, have accomplished that. For tens of millions of people you have held a mirror up to nature and brought colour into their lives and into their world...
...The title "Mr. Technicolor" is just about right. Give your heart the fluid of your thoughts and let your intellect drive your pen. Open the doors to intimacy. Tells us what influenced your thoughts and actions, what created your lust for life... I suspect your material success was tempered with a will not to submit to a problem unsolved... that your joy or pleasure came from the solution itself. Tell us these things.
This, then, is Dr. Kalmus' attempt to answer the plea, detailing the happenstance as well as the single-minded perseverance that led to the fulfillment of his life-long quest to bring color to the motion picture screens of the world.
For reasons known only to "The Doctor," as Herbert Kalmus was affectionately known, he chose to leave out of his account any mention of his first marriage to Natalie Kalmus. Natalie played a major role in his life for decades both as the color consultant for Technicolor and as his adversary in what became a legendary divorce battle. In the closing chapters of this book Doctor's second wife, Eleanore King Kalmus, undertakes the task of filling in the missing details of his unusual relationship with Natalie. In a letter contemplating her husband's life work and Natalie's roll in it, Eleanor writes:
I've been swirling around in my mind a tag line such as: "Great scientist that he was, he once said yes to a woman and suffered 50 years in and out of the courts."

Edition details

• Publisher: Magicimage Filmbooks
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882127315
• ISBN 13: 9781882127313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238