A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 | 11m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Douglas Shearer |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 24, 1940 |
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| Director: | Douglas Shearer |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | behind the scenes, audio recording, sound waves, promotional film, movie studio, short film, sound recorder, sound |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| Name | Job |
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| Douglas Shearer | Director |
| Lester White | Director of Photography |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music Editor |
| Jack Ruggiero | Editor |
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