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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

11min

Documentary

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.

Cast

Douglas Shearer

Douglas Shearer

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Greer Garson

Greer Garson

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Clark Gable

Clark Gable

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Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

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Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

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Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

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Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

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Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

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Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova

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Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern

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Ruth Hussey

Ruth Hussey

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Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

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Robert Young

Robert Young

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Lew Ayres

Lew Ayres

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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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Laraine Day

Laraine Day

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland

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Lana Turner

Lana Turner

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Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

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James Stewart

James Stewart

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George Murphy

George Murphy

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Charles Winninger

Charles Winninger

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Douglas McPhail

Douglas McPhail

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Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery

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Robert Donat

Robert Donat

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Nelson Eddy

Nelson Eddy

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Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

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Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

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Jeanette MacDonald

Jeanette MacDonald

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Chico Marx

Chico Marx

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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

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Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx

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Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery

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Eleanor Powell

Eleanor Powell

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William Powell

William Powell

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Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

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Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

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W.S. Van Dyke

W.S. Van Dyke

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Frank Whitbeck

Frank Whitbeck

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Release date

24th Oct 1940

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English