[Carl in Tampa]

Being semi-homebound, Turner Classic Movies is a major source of my entertainment. I enjoy the elements already listed by others, but I also enjoy the assorted short subjects. It seems I keep on learning.

I grew up seeing the words "Color by Technicolor" at the beginning of most color movies. I thought it was just an advertisement for a kind of film. I recently learned that Technicolor was the name of the company that processed the movie film after it was exposed by the movie makers. The "Technicolor Process" used a special camera that had a prism behind the lens that broke the light into three separate parts and diverted them to three different reels of film that were being exposed at once.

Then the exposed film was sent by the studio to the Technicolor Company where they processed the film and assembled the separated film into one master copy. Live and learn.