The early 1940s

By the early 1940s, every major Hollywood studio was employing the Technicolor process, exemplified by the dazzling spectacles being produced by 20th Century-Fox and M-G-M, including:

• The Gang’s All Here (1943) – Busby Berkeley’s first film in color
• Ziegfeld Follies (1945) – a lavish all-star revue film