
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
11 min
Release Date
1940-10-24
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.7
Douglas Shearer
Self
Greer Garson
Self
Clark Gable
Self
Hedy Lamarr
Self
Spencer Tracy
Self
Norma Shearer
Self
Robert Taylor
Self
Conrad Veidt
Self
Alla Nazimova
Self
Ann Sothern
Self
Ruth Hussey
Self
Walter Pidgeon
Self
Robert Young
Self
Lew Ayres
Self
Lionel Barrymore
Self
Laraine Day
Self
Judy Garland
Self
Lana Turner
Self
Joan Crawford
Self
Cary Grant
Self
Katharine Hepburn
Self
James Stewart
Self
George Murphy
Self
Charles Winninger
Self
Douglas McPhail
Self
Wallace Beery
Self
Robert Donat
Self
Nelson Eddy
Self
Greta Garbo
Self
Myrna Loy
Self
Jeanette MacDonald
Self
Chico Marx
Self
Groucho Marx
Self
Harpo Marx
Self
Robert Montgomery
Self
Eleanor Powell
Self
William Powell
Self
Mickey Rooney
Self
Rosalind Russell
Self
W.S. Van Dyke
Self
Frank Whitbeck
Self
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