A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Oct 24, 1940

0h 11m

★ 6.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

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Douglas Shearer

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Greer Garson

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Clark Gable

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Hedy Lamarr

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Spencer Tracy

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Norma Shearer

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Robert Taylor

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Conrad Veidt

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Alla Nazimova

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Ann Sothern

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Ruth Hussey

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Walter Pidgeon

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