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A list of the first color movies, with pictures where possible. Color movies first appeared as early as 1903. Today, most films use virtually the same processes for color. In the early days, however, various systems were used, including different film stocks, techniques, cameras, etc. The rules of cinematography and film development had yet to be written as no standards had yet been set. In 1935 the Technicolor 3 step process (Process 4) was introduced and the major studios set it as the standard. Since then, even more advanced color techniques have been invented.

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Rank   Name Release Directed by Genre(s) Actor(s)
  1. 1
    1922
    Wallace Worsley
    Black-and-white, Horror, Silent film
    Raymond McKee, Lon Chaney, Sr., Jacqueline Logan
    Coloring Process: Handschiegl Color Process
  2. 2

    Adventure Girl

    Coloring Process: Hand colored
  3. 3
    1927
    John S. Robertson
    Black-and-white, Silent film, Indie
    Lillian Gish, John Wayne, Norman Kerry
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  4. 4

    Bali the Unknown

    Coloring Process: Prizma
  5. 5
    1959
    William Wyler
    Drama, History, Action, Adventure, Romance Film
    Sam Jaffe, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Claude Heater, André Morell, Charlton Heston, Martha Scott, Hugh Griffith, Cathy O'Donnell, George Relph, Frank Thring, Finlay Currie, Terence Longdon More
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  6. 6
    1926
    Sidney Franklin
    Silent film
    Marion Davies, Creighton Hale, Antonio Moreno
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  7. 7

    Bride of the Regiment

    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  8. 8
    1930
    Michael Curtiz
    Musical, Technicolor
    Dorothy Mackaill, Frank McHugh, Noah Beery, Sr., Frank Fay
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  9. 9
    1929
    Paul Fejos
    Musical
    Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  10. 10
    1930
    Charles Brabin
    Black-and-white, Musical
    Ramón Novarro
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  11. 11
    2005
    Lasse Hallström
    Drama, Comedy, Costume drama, Period piece, Adventure, Romance Film, Romantic comedy, Romantic drama More
    Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili, Stephen Greif, Ken Stott, Tim McInnerny, Natalie Dormer, Phil Davis, Paddy Ward, Ben Moor, Adelmo Togliani, Lauren Cohan More
    Coloring Process: Pathéchrome
  12. 12
    1930
    Charles Reisner
    Black-and-white, Musical, Romance Film
    Bessie Love, Jack Benny, Charles King
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  13. 13
    1930
    Harry Beaumont
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Pre-Code
    Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  14. 14

    Court-Martial

    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  15. 15
    1918
    Silent film, Indie
    Ruth Roland
    Coloring Process: Natural Color
  16. 16
    1990
    Jean-Paul Rappeneau
    Drama, Costume drama, Romance Film, World cinema
    Gérard Depardieu, Philippe Volter, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Roland Bertin, Jacques Weber, Pierre Maguelon, Anne Brochet, Vincent Pérez, Ludivine Sagnier More
    Coloring Process: Pathéchrome
  17. 17
    1924
    George Fitzmaurice
    Alma Rubens, Constance Bennett, Norman Kerry, Lewis Stone, Irene Rich
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  18. 18
    1931
    David Butler
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Musical, Romance Film, Romantic comedy
    Charles Farrell, Virginia Cherrill, Janet Gaynor
    Coloring Process: Multicolor
  19. 19
    1930
    Luther Reed
    Comedy, Musical
    Robert Woolsey, Bert Wheeler, Bill Robinson, Wheeler & Woolsey, Bebe Daniels, Ralf Harolde, Joseph Cawthorn, Jobyna Howland More
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  20. 20
    1932
    Michael Curtiz
    Horror, Pre-Code
    Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, Lionel Atwill
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  21. 21
    1930
    Alfred Hitchcock, Jack Hulbert, André Charlot
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Musical
    Donald Calthrop
    Coloring Process: Pathéchrome
  22. 22
    1931
    Melville W. Brown
    Florence Roberts, Hal Clement, Rochelle Hudson, Edna May Oliver, Helen Chandler, Hobart Bosworth, Robert Emmett O'Connor More
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  23. 23
    1931
    Lloyd Bacon
    Musical
    John Halliday, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, William Gaxton, Claudia Dell, Helen Broderick More
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  24. 24
    1926
    Howard Hawks
    Comedy, Black-and-white, Silent film
    William Austin, Eulalie Jensen, Heinie Conklin, Olive Borden, George O'Brien, Phyllis Haver, George Beranger More
    Coloring Process: Technicolor
  25. 25

    Flames of Passion

    Coloring Process: Prizma

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