The Miracle of Sound (1940)

Original title

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Directed by

Douglas Shearer

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows how sound is made for movies. It explains the process of recording and adding audio to films. It was made by MGM in 1940.

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What happens

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound is a 1940 short documentary film, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer and narrated by Frank Whitbeck, which goes behind the scenes to look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created. The film, which was produced as part of the studio's Romance of Celluloid series, is available as a bonus on the Warner DVD of The Shop Around the Corner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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