The New Sheriff, 1926, Colorized Sport Leda Atomica

Leda Atomica

The final 'look' is modeled after genuine Autochrome Lumière photographs which yielded a much more realistic and pleasing result

SargentRemaster & Colorization: Jordan J

Netherlands

The New Sheriff, 1926, Colorized Sport Leda AtomicaABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH A rare production still from the silent movie Den nye lensmanden ('The new sheriff', or, 'The new commissar'), directed by Leif Sinding to international acclaim. The film, released in September 1926, was his third outing as a director after a prior career in journalism. Haakon Hjelde (pictured) plays Franz Joseph, a drifter who 'arrives in a mountain valley, where they are awaiting the new local sheriff. he decides to pretend he