Kodachrome Test Film 1922

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Kitty
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Kodachrome Test Film 1922

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I really like this cool full color Kodachrome test film from 1922. What a beautiful green that is! I wish there was more.
https://youtu.be/J_RTnd3Smy8
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The colors appear very soft and pastel-like, don't they? These are obviously thoroughly expert professional models—it's interesting to see their expressions and the poses the strike.

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From a comment under the video:

0:00 0:51 - Unidentified woman in hat
0:51-1:11 - Hope Hampton (Feb 19, 1897 - Jan 23, 1982)
1:11-1:23 - Mary Eaton (Jan 29, 1901 – Oct 10, 1948)
1:23-1:37 - Unidentified mother/child
1:37-1:49 - Unidentified woman in hat
1:49-4:32 - Mae Murray (May 10, 1885 – Mar 23, 1965)
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Very cool.
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I thought that perhaps the mother and child might be Claire Windsor and her then 6 year old son, but it turns out Claire's Kodachrome segment looks totally different. And upon further searching her hair was already short in 1922, anyway. Even the Library of Congress lists the model and child as unidentified.

The models are listed at the LOC link as follows:
...Agnes Ayres, Guy Bates Post, Virginia Brown Faire, Wanda Hawley, Gloria Swanson, Alice Calhoun, Mary Eaton, Mae Murray, May McAvoy, Claire Windsor, Mabel Palmer, Constance Binney, Shirley Mason, Lois Wilson, Mildred June, Lila Lee, Billie Dove, and Hope Hampton...
Someone on the YouTube video listed the women as follows:
1st actress: Hope Hampton (1897-1982), 2nd: Mary Eaton (1901-1947, alcoholism obvious even here), 3rd: Mary Pickford (1892-1979). Now we know her Little Lord Fauntleroy costume was green. She would win Best actress Oscar in 1929 for "Coquette", and a Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1976. Boy: Jackie Coogan (1914-1984). 4th: Esther Ralston (1902-1994), The last woman is the oldest: May Murray(1885-1965), 37 when this was made,
It's definitely not Mary Pickford and Jackie Coogan, and the one right after the boy looks nothing like Esther Ralston. I think Hope Hampton is the woman at the beginning though. Apparently she's in costume for The Light in the Dark, but unfortunately I can't find it skimming through the film (which is a truncated version, anyway).

This is Claire Windsor's two-color Kodachrome test. You can read more about it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgDaOGVr4w
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