A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940)
• October 24th, 1940 • 0h 11min
Documentary
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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