Legend Films has collaborated with
Shirley Temple,
Jane Russell,
Terry Moore and
Ray Harryhausen on independent releases. A colorized version of
Holiday Inn was met by positive response from the family of
Bing Crosby. On April 20, 2004, Legend Films released a colorized version of
Reefer Madness featuring intentionally unrealistic color schemes, playing up on the film's
camp appreciation. A colorized version of
Plan 9 from Outer Space was screened at the
Castro Theatre in San Francisco. With the cooperation of director
Richard Elfman, Legend released a colorized version of the 1982 film
Forbidden Zone on July 29, 2008. This version was also made available online at Rifftrax, however without any commentary as Rifftrax creative felt the film was weird enough. In December 2008, it was announced that Legend will release a colorized 3-D version of
Night of the Living Dead co-produced by PassmoreLab. The 3-D version will receive a full theatrical release in Europe, and a limited theatrical release in the United States. According to Barry Sandrew, the film was the first entirely live action 2-D film to be converted to 3-D. In late 2008, Legend colorized part 3 of the
Doctor Who story
Planet of the Daleks; the remaining episodes exist in color, but part 3 was wiped and only a black-and-white film version remained. The resultant colorized footage was combined with color information that was recovered from the
Chroma Crawl color recovery process, and was released on DVD in November 2009. According to founder Barry Sandrew, Legend Films does not plan to colorize titles that were shot in black-and-white for artistic purposes, unless the original creators of the works participated in the color design. In 2021, Legend released an abridged version of the film ''
It's a Wonderful Life'' which omitted the "Potterville" sequence for copyright reasons. This version drew criticism for omitting such a pivotal part of the film. ==See also==