Oct 24, 1940
11 min
Full-HD

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)

This short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Douglas Shearer

Self

Greer Garson

Self

Clark Gable

Self

Hedy Lamarr

Self

Spencer Tracy

Self

Norma Shearer

Self

Robert Taylor

Self

Conrad Veidt

Self

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