The search for the lost colours of Albatros film

Article excerpt (source: https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P4-1972152354/the-search-for-the-lost-colours-of-albatros-films ): In December 1926, the London distribution company Wardour Films wrote to Alexandre Kamenka, head of Albatros Films in Paris. His letter concerned the film Carmen, which the company wanted to distribute in Great Britain the following year. The English company was unhappy with the colours of the print: they were regarded as too bright and too "present" for British taste: One of the chief faults of the copy is due to the mixing of toning with tinting - indeed, in our opinion this is so noticeable that it almost becomes confusing, and certainly detracts considerably from the quality of the photography [...]. This matter as a whole appears to us to be very serious, and it is therefore not only important, but absolutely necessary, that you have prepared for us at once another copy [...], and please note that we require no toned sections - the copy should ...