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TALES OF HOFFMANN ('51) TALES OF HOFFMANN ('51) English 8x10 OR search current auctions Auction History Result 6w290 TALES OF HOFFMANN set of 2 English 3.5x4.75 comparison photos 1951 rowboat by fantasy island! Date Sold 6/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Set of 2 Original Vintage 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" [9 x 12 cm] English Movie Comparison Photos (Learn More) The Tales of Hoffmann, the 1951 Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger English dance ballet opera romantic fantasy adventure musical (based on the opera by Jacques Offenbach, which in turn is based on the short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann) starring Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, Robert Rounseville (in the title role as Hoffmann), Ludmilla Tcherina (billed as "Presenting Ludmilla Tcherina"), and Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Note that this movie includes scenes of a fantasy island, and it was too costly to create such a set, so those scenes were done with the judicious use of matte paintings of the island! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is a pair of "comparison photographs", which shows a candid image of the set of this movie as it actually appeared during a key scene, and then a second image of the same scene with a matte painting overlaid over part of the scene! This pair of photographs show the partially constructed set and the final shot after the addition of the matte painting which creates the fantastical island in its entirely with only the boat being present for studio filming, the lighting gantry is clearly visible on the before shot. This painting was possibly the work of Ivor Beddoes and unknown assistants at Shepperton Studios, London, England. What is a matte painting? It is a special visual effects element used in the production of motion pictures enabling filmmakers to add environments to films which are not possible to achieve practically on location or in a studio. A fixture in filmmaking since the birth of cinema common uses for matte paintings include the extension of landscapes and structures which would be either impossible to build or prohibitively expensive and time consuming, they are also useful in the creation of fantasy pictures to portray situations which do not exist in reality giving the filmmaker free reign to bring his vision to the screen, these paintings are combined with live action footage to produce impressive shots which when perfectly executed can trick the audience in to believing what they seeing is real. We were consigned twelve "matching pairs" of these comparison photographs, which came from the estate of an English special effects artist who collected them from colleagues in the effects industry who worked on these movies including Les Bowie with whom he served as an apprentice at Bowie Films during the 1950's & 1960's. They clearly show the painted additions which have taken place at the hands of the various artists involved and would have originated from the Technicolor laboratory in West Drayton, London, England which was located in close proximity to the major British studios, it was here where these matte shots were processed. We have never before auctioned even one pair of these comparison photographs, and we were consigned twelve pairs, which are in twelve separate auctions! Condition: good to very good. These comparison photographs were glued to an album and there is paper residue on the back, which has slightly creased the front of each (see our images of the fronts and backs of each). Learn More about condition grades 
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