A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
★ 6.8 · 1940 · 11m · 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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