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Technicolor Turns 90: From Film To Digital


Posted by , Nov 15, 2005 11:31 PM

Technicolor turned 90 years old today. And it's come a long way. The company has supported 58 films that have won Academy Awards. Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, the company's founder, received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the year he retired as head of the company.

Today, Technicolor has more than 23,000 employees. It's the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of pre-recorded videocassettes, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, and CD-ROM. Technicolor has the ability to produce more than 1.5 billion DVDs, 330 million videocassettes and 300 million CDs annually. And it just signed a deal with several motion picture studios to distribute movies to theaters digitally.

I had an opportunity to speak with actress Cammie King Conlon, who portrayed Bonnie Blue Butler, Scarlett and Rhett’s daughter in Gone with the Wind. Conlon, the step-daughter of Kalmus, recalls her teenage years growing up in the "doctor's" home as he created a technology empire.

Click on this podcast link to download or listen to Cammie King Conlon


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