cheek comment from Turner  that he would colorize the film in order to bait critics of the  process. In actuality, Orson Welles (qv) had the rights to the  film, and Turner couldnt have colorized the film even if he had  wanted to. Nonetheless, the controversy over the potential  alteration of this film was one of the catalysts that eventually led  to the film industry requirement that all future video and TV  releases of films that have been altered in any way 