Leopold godowsky jr

Leopold Godowsky Jr. May 27, — February 18, , the oldest son of the famous pianist and composer Leopold Godowsky , was an American violinist and chemist, who together with Leopold Mannes created the first practical color transparency film , Kodachrome. Mannes and Godowsky's experimentation with color photography began in , after seeing the film Our Navy in Prizma Color , which was advertised as a color film.

Because of the low quality the boys felt cheated and decided to do something about it. They designed a movie camera and projector each with three lenses covered by orange-red, green and blue-violet filters.

Leopold godowsky jr: Leopold Godowsky Jr. (May 27,

They patented this system, but it was not a commercially viable process. He also enrolled at UCLA to study physics and chemistry. Godowsky Jr married Frances Gershwin , sister of George and Ira Gershwin , who became a recognized painter and sculptor. They experimented with color photography during their spare time. While on his way to perform in Europe in late , Mannes made the chance acquaintance of a senior partner in the investment firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Co.

Some months later the firm sent one of their junior associates, Lewis L. Strauss to the Mannes apartment to view the color process.