Jump to content

Technicolor Adventure

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  • 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

BoxOffice back issue scans