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Herbert Thomas Kalmus, inventor of the Technicolour motion picture process.
The colour motion picture process, °Õ±ð³¦³ó²Ô¾±³¦´Ç±ô´Ç°ùâ„¢ was discovered in 1917 by Herbert Thomas Kalmus, an MIT graduate who came to ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ in 1910 as Assistant Professor of Physics in the then-School of Mining. The discovery's success was assured in 1938-39 when it was adopted by Walt Disney and MGM studios.
°Õ±ð³¦³ó²Ô¾±³¦´Ç±ô´Ç°ùâ„¢ was the mainstay of the global film industry and was the most widely used colour process in Hollywood for nearly 50 years before being overtaken by competing technologies. Kalmus has a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.