2-strip Technicolor was first used in "The Gulf Between" in 1917 -- http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/oldcolo ... color1.htm -- but the earliest surviving all-Technicolor film is "Toll of the Sea" (1922) -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013688/Henry wrote:This must be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, Technicolor films. It was filmed in the rather uncommon aspect ratio of 1.20:1, IOW 6:5. Most movies from the period are 1.37:1 (approx. 4:3) ratio.
You can watch a low quality version on Youtube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hwyxv-V0p4 (It screams for digital restoration.)
2-strip Technicolor scenes were used in dozens of silent films throughout the 1920s -- notably, "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Ben Hur". There were also a number of all-color sound features produced. My favorites include "Whoopie" (1930) and the "Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933), which was the last feature film to use the 2-strip process.
I'm hoping that, some day, all of the 2-strip Technicolor films will be restored to their original glory. While no match for the 3-strip process, I think the "King of Jazz" restoration proves that they were far more colorful than we've known.
For comparison:
Two strip process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG4vdCvH1qs (1930)
Three strip process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxMVctFhO88 (1935)
O.F.