- Herbert Kalmus was born on November 9, 1881, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He graduated from M.I.T. and then got his PhD. from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. He formed his company, "Technicolor Company", in 1912, when he was still a professor at the Canadian school. He incorporated in 1915 and in 1917 made the first color film [the two-color process], The Gulf Between (1917). It was a one-reeler and it superimposed figures on a background. He made the first full-length, real two-color movie in 1926, The Black Pirate (1926). The first three-color process, more commonly known as Three-Strip Technicolor, movie was Becky Sharp (1935). Dr.Kalmus' first wife, Natalie Kalmus, was also a company executive and had a reputation for always being on set and interfering with the director, but after the patent ran out in 1949, she "disappeared", only to reappear as a consultant to a TV cabinet company! Ironically, she divorced Dr. Kalmus in 1921 (finalized in 1922), but they lived together until 1944. He passed away in 1963, and she died two years later.- IMDb Mini Biography By: ken honeyman
- SpousesEleanore King(September 6, 1949 - July 11, 1963) (his death)Natalie Kalmus(July 23, 1902 - June 22, 1922) (divorced)
- Co-inventor of the Technicolor process, and co-founder of the Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. in 1915.
- Was a physics professor at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1910-1915 where he did his initial research on the Technicolor process.
- Stepfather of actress Cammie King Conlon.
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