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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Release date: 1940-10-24
Rating: 6.7
Votes: 6
Genres: 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.

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