Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play based on the life of Cyrano de Bergerac had been a smash hit worldwide and the star, the man who created the role of Cyrano on the stage was Coquelin aîné. Just color would have been enough but the picture is also interesting for its casting and, of course, its sound. Any flaws in the application add to the artisanal charm of the production. The color in the film was applied by hand, a fairly common practice at the time, which yields a watercolor-like effect. This was a way to include color while keeping costs down. That’s pretty amazing, right? Note that only select characters are colored. One of these early experiments yielded Cyrano de Bergerac, which is reckoned to be the first color sound film. Their experiments are rarely spoken of these days outside of France but they represent important chapters in the history of cinema.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC FILM 1945 CRACK
The French were also hard at work trying to crack the secret of sound film. We had sound movies before projected movies. See those huge earbuds? They were there for a reason.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC FILM 1945 MOVIE
The Edison Kinetophone combined brief movie clips with a wax cylinder phonograph soundtrack. Edison’s early films shot in the Black Maria included a brief clip of a violinist playing music for two dancing men. Considerable blood, sweat and brain cells were expended over the decades to make sound films a reality. In fact, sound films had been experimented with since the very beginning. “I’ve got it! Sound movies! Why, it’s so crazy it just might work!” Sound movies and Art Nouveau existed side by side, thank you very much. It’s usually presented like a sudden epiphany that came one fine mid-summer morning in 1927. One of the more eye-rolling aspects of movies about the talkie transition is how they treat the evolution of sound films. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD.
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