A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

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

October 24th, 19400h 11min

Documentary
67%

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.


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