Moving Color

JOSHUA YUMIBE is a lecturer in film studies at the University of St. Andrews and is also the co-director of the Davide Turconi Project preserved at George Eastmaan House, Rochester, NY.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Paolo Cherchi UsaiAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The Colors of Modernity2 Hand Coloring anf the Intermediality of Cinema3 Transforming and Uplift: Stenciling, Tinting, and Toning4 Color Cinema, fromGentility to AbstractionConclusionNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"Moving Color is a vital contribution to our understanding of the American cultural landscape a century ago."(Afterimage) "Eye-opening. The first book-length history of the formative years of color film. The book is most effective when it focuses on historical details: the fascinating processes by which color was applied; the approaches taken by the film industry to manufacture, manipulate, and market movies; and the reception of colored films by early audiences."(Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television) "Moving Color is an enjoyable, well-written addition to the study of colour cinema, which addresses a major gap in our understanding of applied film colour. The hard work Yumibe has done is extremely commendable."(Screening the Past) "This is a work of great imagination and exemplary research."(Moving Image) "Thoroughly researched, clearly argued, and well-written, Moving Color convincingly asserts the foundational role of color in cinema…a highly engaging and informative read."- Matthew Solomon (author of Disappearing Tricks) "With astounding research into the original documents and films of the pre-1912 period, this innovative book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of applied color in early cinema."- John Belton (Rutgers University) "An admirable contribution to film studies."(Early Popular Visual Culture)