19/07/2026
Introducing: Technicolor Summer 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣
Experience the pioneering hues and intrepid chroma of TECHNICOLOR™, the iconic colour process which brought us vivid, saturated and realistic film from the golden age of Hollywood.
While colour film was by no means invented by Technicolor - you can read more about the history of colour cinema in our A Very Short History of Cinema online story and museum blog - their three colour process was very much when colour took over our screens. Technicolor made it easier, cheaper and better than ever before, and the results speak for themselves, as many still regard Technicolor as the best film has ever looked.
This summer we are bringing a selection of film that truly pop on the big screen, with beloved musical classics such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and An American in Paris (1951) and tense, rich thrillers such as Black Narcissus (1947).
Discover the chromatic splendour across a range of films and genres with us across August, with a few more surprises to come.
Book now | https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/technicolor-summer