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"The Grub-Stake was showing up good in the first, second and third rough cuts so I was fairly cocky. The subtitle cards were made and inserted and their little black spaces made welcome signboards on the road of the action. The Lab was performing miracles with color, using sepia with a silverish tone to overlay a warm pink tint. The snow looked violet in the shadows and conifer trunks blushed rose under a silver sheen. To sit in the dark, hot projection room and see the picture run, watch the story unfold, made up for my hours at the rewinds bent over a small square of illumined glass and matching lip movement, eye direction, exits, entrances, close-ups to long shots."
-- Nell Shipman


Source:
Shipman, Nell. The Silent Screen & My Talking Heart: An Autobiography. Boise, Idaho: Boise State University, 1987. (pp. 114-115)