The Gulf Between is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor , the fourth feature-length color film , and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. A copy of the film was destroyed in a fire on March 25, 1961 and the film is considered a lost film , with only very short fragments known to survive. These fragments are in the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection , and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photographic History Collection.
18-514: The Gulf Between , which had a running time of approximately 58 minutes, was directed by Wray Physioc . The lead roles were played by Grace Darmond and Niles Welch . As described in the film magazine Exhibitors Herald , little Marie Farrell (Axzelle), through the carelessness of her nurse, is lost and believed drowned. She has wandered upon the ship of the smuggler Captain Flagg (Brandt), who finds her and brings her up as his own. Her parents adopt
36-555: A prism beam splitter , two consecutive frames of a single strip of black-and-white film were photographed simultaneously, one behind a red filter and the other behind a green filter. After private trade showings in Boston on September 13, 1917, and at Aeolian Hall in New York City on September 21, 1917, it was released on February 25, 1918, to play one-week engagements on a tour of a few major Eastern cities, accompanied by
54-524: A boy to help them forget their grief. The girl grows up with no memory of her former life. The adopted boy moves in the smart set in Mayport, and his parents try to make a match between him and a society girl. Marie (Darmond) is brought to her adoptive father's sister, as the old captain believes she should have the care of a loving woman. She meets young Richard Farrell (Welch) and the two come to love each other. The Farrells do everything they can to break up
72-422: A special projector. Photoplay magazine complained that all colors were reduced into terms of reds and greens, and that "the story is dull, trite, and drawn out interminably." Wray Physioc Wray Bartlett Physioc (November 23, 1890 – May 8, 1933) was an American film director, producer and artist. His film The Gulf Between (1917) was the first Technicolor film ever produced. Wray Physioc
90-624: Is accomplished. There is a stormy meeting between the bridal pair and the parents, during which the captain sees a portrait of Marie as a baby and, realizing the truth, tells the story of her life. The family is reunited and Marie and Richard spend their honeymoon on the captain's ship. The Gulf Between was filmed on location in Jacksonville, Florida in 1917 by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, using its two-color "System 1", in which, by means of
108-596: The Directors Film Corporation and Ramo Films, which was the brand name for films produced by the Directors Film Corporation. Ramo Films would release two short films per week: a comedy directed by Epes Winthrop Sargent, and a drama directed by Physioc. In March 1913, it was claimed that Physioc was the youngest director in the film industry at just 22 years of age. In a surprise move in July 1913, Physioc resigned as Ramo Films' Director of Productions and
126-417: The Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, using its two-color "System 1", in which, by means of a prism beam splitter , two consecutive frames of a single strip of black-and-white film were photographed simultaneously, one behind a red filter and the other behind a green filter. After private trade showings in Boston on September 13, 1917, and at Aeolian Hall in New York City on September 21, 1917, it
144-426: The couple, but with the help of the captain a marriage is accomplished. There is a stormy meeting between the bridal pair and the parents, during which the captain sees a portrait of Marie as a baby and, realizing the truth, tells the story of her life. The family is reunited and Marie and Richard spend their honeymoon on the captain's ship. The Gulf Between was filmed on location in Jacksonville, Florida in 1917 by
162-590: The film was destroyed in a fire on March 25, 1961 and the film is considered a lost film , with only very short fragments known to survive. These fragments are in the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection , and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photographic History Collection. The Gulf Between , which had a running time of approximately 58 minutes,
180-531: The next month he was Manager of Productions at General Film Company . In 1914, he directed Hearts of Oak for the Mohawk Film Co. However, during production Physioc was on a schooner preparing for a scene when a premature explosion occurred forcing him to leap overboard and causing burns to his face and neck. By July 1915, he would be a director for Biograph Company and spent two years there. In 1917, Physioc directed The Gulf Between , which
198-406: The smart set in Mayport, and his parents try to make a match between him and a society girl. Marie (Darmond) is brought to her adoptive father's sister, as the old captain believes she should have the care of a loving woman. She meets young Richard Farrell (Welch) and the two come to love each other. The Farrells do everything they can to break up the couple, but with the help of the captain a marriage
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#1732780839504216-579: The special two-aperture, two-lens, two-filter projector required to exhibit it. Because of the technical problems in keeping the red and green images aligned by prism during projection, it was the only motion picture made in Technicolor's System 1. Technicolor abandoned the additive color process of System 1, and began work on subtractive color processes that did not require a special projector. Photoplay magazine complained that all colors were reduced into terms of reds and greens, and that "the story
234-588: Was a critical and commercial failure but notable in that it was one of the first color films ever produced and the first to use Technicolor. In 1919, he was directing a series of weekly shorts entitled Facts and Follies which were produced by Bernarr Macfadden for the Pioneer Film Corporation. In 1921, Physioc formed his own production company in New York: Wray Physioc Productions. In February 1922, it
252-604: Was announced that Physioc and the distribution company Wid Gunning, Inc. had come to an agreement to distribute four Wray Physioc Productions, beginning with The Madness of Love (1922). However, a fourth film was never released. In the mid-1920s, Physioc spent a couple years in the West Indies directing films before returning to New York in March 1928. Physioc died on May 8, 1933, in Manhattan, New York. Wray Physioc
270-507: Was born on November 23, 1890, in Columbia, South Carolina , to Joseph Physioc and Martha Johnson. His older brother was cinematographer Lewis Physioc. Wray Physioc first entered the film industry when he acted in the 1911 short film The Wrong Bottle and was a charge scenic artist for the French film equipment and production company Pathé-Frères . In January 1913, Physioc organized
288-509: Was directed by Wray Physioc . The lead roles were played by Grace Darmond and Niles Welch . As described in the film magazine Exhibitors Herald , little Marie Farrell (Axzelle), through the carelessness of her nurse, is lost and believed drowned. She has wandered upon the ship of the smuggler Captain Flagg (Brandt), who finds her and brings her up as his own. Her parents adopt a boy to help them forget their grief. The girl grows up with no memory of her former life. The adopted boy moves in
306-590: Was married to actress Mary Alden . By the early 1920s, Wray Physioc lived and worked in New York City. As director The Gulf Between (1917 film) The Gulf Between is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor , the fourth feature-length color film , and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. A copy of
324-502: Was released on February 25, 1918, to play one-week engagements on a tour of a few major Eastern cities, accompanied by the special two-aperture, two-lens, two-filter projector required to exhibit it. Because of the technical problems in keeping the red and green images aligned by prism during projection, it was the only motion picture made in Technicolor's System 1. Technicolor abandoned the additive color process of System 1, and began work on subtractive color processes that did not require
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