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A Daughter of Christchurch and the Colour of Silent Film

February 16, 2018October 13, 2020 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments film tint, Rudall Hayward, silent film

Thanks to tinted film stock silent movies weren’t always black and white! Diane McAllen writes about a recent project to preserve Rudall Haywards ‘community comedy’ A Daughter of Christchurch in the vivid blues, pinks and oranges that would’ve been seen by audiences in the 1920s.