Images of a rose, a young woman, and the American flag.Images of a rose, a young woman, and the American flag.Images of a rose, a young woman, and the American flag.
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- Wallace McCutcheon(uncredited)
- Edwin S. Porter(uncredited)
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- TriviaOne of the 50 films in the 4-disk boxed DVD set called "Treasures from American Film Archives (2000)", compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 18 American film archives. This film was preserved by the Museum of Modern Art.
- ConnectionsEdited into Murder Hotel (2005)
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A Simple, But Pleasing & Colorful Effect
As simple as it is, this short feature that highlights "Three American Beauties" creates a pleasing and colorful effect. It probably looked quite impressive in its time, and it is still in pretty good condition now.
To the short, straightforward footage of a rose, a woman, and the flag, color was added by the old practice of laboriously hand-tinting each frame, one at a time. The audiences of the era would have been aware of the extra effort involved, and features like this were most generally shown at the end of a series of movies, to provide a colorful and memorable finale.
Among the many hand-tinted features that still survive in viewable form, this has some of the brightest and deepest colors. The colors in it are not, of course, the 'natural' colors of the objects, which makes it particularly interesting to watch now. The best of these early hand-tinted features have a very distinctive look, not quite like anything else. Modern cinematographers themselves sometimes look for ways of making slight changes to the natural color scheme of their subjects, in order to create the right effect - 'back to the future', in a sense.
And besides all that, this little feature is still nice to look at in itself, having fortunately been preserved in nice condition.
To the short, straightforward footage of a rose, a woman, and the flag, color was added by the old practice of laboriously hand-tinting each frame, one at a time. The audiences of the era would have been aware of the extra effort involved, and features like this were most generally shown at the end of a series of movies, to provide a colorful and memorable finale.
Among the many hand-tinted features that still survive in viewable form, this has some of the brightest and deepest colors. The colors in it are not, of course, the 'natural' colors of the objects, which makes it particularly interesting to watch now. The best of these early hand-tinted features have a very distinctive look, not quite like anything else. Modern cinematographers themselves sometimes look for ways of making slight changes to the natural color scheme of their subjects, in order to create the right effect - 'back to the future', in a sense.
And besides all that, this little feature is still nice to look at in itself, having fortunately been preserved in nice condition.
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- Jun 30, 2005
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- Три американские красоты
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- Runtime1 minute
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- 1.33 : 1
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