Technicolor Adventure
The name “Technicolor Adventure” was used by Warner Bros. to define its one-reel (mostly 9-10 minutes in length) film shorts that were not part of the Sports Parade, also shot in Technicolor in the 1940s. Most were travelogues or human interest documentary films. Gordon Hollingshead produced most of them, with music scores provided by Howard Jackson.
List of films by title / major credits (not complete) / release date or copyright date (marked ©) / notes:
| Title | Major credits | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fashions for Tomorrow | Paul R. Thoma (director); narrator: Knox Manning | November 17, 1945 | |
| In Old Santa Fe | producers: A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner (producers); André de la Varre (director); narrator: Truman Bradley (actor); | January 12, 1946 | covers Santa Fe, New Mexico festival in 1945 |
| All Aboard | Carl Dudley (producer/director); narrator: Knox Manning | March 30, 1946 | history of railroads |
| Girls and Flowers | André de la Varre (director); narrator: Knox Manning | May 25, 1946 | visits Holland, Michigan and Cypress Gardens, Florida |
| Let's Go Camping | Frederick Richards (film editor); music: Rex Dunn | July 27, 1946 | two girls camp at the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert (Arizona) |
| Adventures in South America | Lewis N. Cotlow (director); narrator: Knox Manning | August 10, 1946 | visits Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Cuzco Region, Lima & Peruvian side of the Amazon forests; (© December 30, 1945) |
| Star Spangled City | Carl Dudley (producer/director); music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | October 19, 1946 | Washington D.C. |
| Rubber River | Sullivan C. Richardson (director); story: Charles Tedford; narrator: Truman Bradley (actor); | November 16, 1946 | Nicaragua Coco River |
| Beautiful Bali | Deane H. Dickason (director) | © December 28, 1946 | travelogue of Bali runs longer than the others (15 minutes) |
| Kingdom of the Wild | Carl Stearns Clancy; story: Charles Tedford; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning; | March 15, 1947 | National Park wildlife |
| Circus Horse | Richard L. Bare (director); Alan Hale & Douglas Kennedy | June 28, 1947 | mini-western drama |
| Glamour Town | Philip Tannura (director); narrator: Knox Manning | August 2, 1947 | spring 1946 tour of Hollywood |
| Branding Irons | Wayne Davis (director); narrator: Gayne Whitman | August 16, 1947 | King Ranch (Texas) and other ranch locales |
| Land of Romance | Luis Osorno Barona (director); music: Rex Dunn | September 6, 1947 | southern Mexico |
| Dad Minds the Baby | Robert B. Churchill & Richard L. Bare (directors); music: William Lava | December 20, 1947 | comedy about infants; (filmed October 1946) |
| What's Hatchin'? | Alan Wilder (director); narrator: Art Gilmore | February 28, 1948 | poultry farms in Long Island |
| Rhythm of a Big City | Carl Dudley (producer/director); music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller | March 27, 1948 | New York City tour |
| Living With Lions | S.R. Cleland Scott (director); narrator: Knox Manning | June 5, 1948 | |
| Mysterious Ceylon | Charles Tedford (director); music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley (actor) | September 25, 1948 | |
| Jungle Man Killers | Charles Tedford (director); music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore | November 6, 1948 | a tiger hunt in Hyderabad |
| Bannister's Bantering Babies | Constance Bannister; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore | December 4, 1948 | photographer profile |
| Circus Town | Gill DeWitt & Saul Elkins (directors); music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning | January 15, 1949 | filmed in Gainesville, Texas |
| Camera Angles | Gene Lester (director); narrator: Art Gilmore | © December 15, 1948 | magazine cover photography with cameos by Barbara Bates, Jack Carson, Sonia Henie, Hedy Lamarr & Alexis Smith; (Completed October 1947) |
| Treachery Rides the Trail | Charles Moore (director); narrator: Art Gilmore | March 19, 1949 | juvenile melodrama |
| Spring Comes to Niagara | Gordon Sparling (director); narrator: Lamont Tilden | June 18, 1949 | Niagara Falls |
See also
References
- Liebman, Roy Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts 2003 McFarland & Company
- Motion Pictures 1940-1949 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953 Library of Congress