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unusual facts about black and white film



Fran Saleški Finžgar

In 1940, the Prešeren House and the village were filmed for the black and white sound documentary O, Vrba.

Seen the Light

It is mainly black and white footage (however, there is a brief period of colour film around the middle eight) of music concert goers, people experiencing religious revelations and preacher men.


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1,4-Dimethoxybenzene

It can be used as a developer in black and white film, and as a base in synthesizing catecholamines and phenethylamines.

135 film

Ilford at one time made HP5 black-and-white film on a thin polyester base, which allowed 72 exposures in a single cassette.

Dibratrir Kabya

Dibratrir Kabya is a 1973 Bengali black-and-white film starring Madhabi Mukherjee, Anjana Bhowmik and Basant Choudhury in the lead roles.

Down Our Street

Down Our Street is a 1932 black and white film directed by Harry Lachman.

Faina Ranevskaya

It was a silent black and white film based on the novel Boule de Suif by Guy de Maupassant where she starred as Madame Loiseau.

Legend Films

In late 2008, Legend colourised part 3 of the Doctor Who story Planet of the Daleks; the remaining episodes exist in colour, but part 3 was wiped and only a black-and-white film version remained.

Lester Lanin

In 1999 Lester Lanin played himself in the black-and-white film comedy Man of the Century, where he was the favorite musician of lead character Johnny Twennies.

Main Street to Broadway

The black-and-white film, which has a running time of 97 minutes, was directed by Tay Garnett, screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, based on a story Robert E. Sherwood, and photographed by James Wong Howe.

Mirko Pivčević

His next feature film was A Wonderful Night in Split, a 2004 critically acclaimed black-and-white film directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić, which earned him his second Golden Arena and a nomination for the Golden Frog Award at the Camerimage cinematography film festival.

Moestika dari Djemar

The black-and-white film starred Dhalia, Rd Mochtar, Rd Kosasie, Eddy T Effendi, and 9-year-old Djoeriah (in her feature film debut).

P.G. Vinda

He is known for his work on the 2004 black-and-white film, Grahanam, which was directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti.

Surrealist cinema

The Seashell and the Clergyman: (Released in 1928) a 31-minute, silent, black and white film, written by Antonin Artaud, and directed by Germaine Dulac.