Grand National initially began with a variety of low budgeted films such as Westerns with Tex Ritter, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted and cowgirl Dorothy Page, adventure films shot in Cinecolor, melodramas such as In His Steps based on the book of the same name, and released British films such as Boris Karloff's Juggernaut.
Roach resumed film production with the streamliners in Cinecolor, giving Roach the distinction of being the only film studio to have an all-color schedule.
There were only two Merrie Melodies cartoons produced in Cinecolor (Beauty and the Beast and Dough for the Do-Do) before the series went briefly back to black-and-white.