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Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams, 1964 (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Black and white photos: crisp stylish goth; tasteful, moody and interesting.

The worst colour film stock of the 60s: argh my eyes. And that chair is actually hideous.

I think I've seen some similar pictures of the Munsters, where they all look pretty good in black and white, but the colour ones show that all the walls are painted salmon pink and it just destroys the Transylvanian vibe. Must have been easier to light the sets or something for monochrome filming, or maybe they just got some really cheap paint?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The actual set that the Addams Family lived in was pink!

    There can be various reasons behind this contrast. Because the Addams Family was filmed in black and white, the colors for some of the items simply didn’t matter. Another reason was the way that black-and-white film registers certain colors when shooting. In other black-and-white films, characters often had to wear strange shades of lipstick (like brown or green) to get the right shades to appear on black-and-white film and many of the color choices on this strangely colorful Addams family set were probably deliberate – they all came together to create the dark and odd world.

    https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/02/18/the-addams-family-set-as-youve-never-seen-it-before-the-living-room-was-actually-pink/

    The Addams Family set in color

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