The Miracle of Sound (S)
1940 · Documentary · 11 min. · United States
MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer takes us for a behind the scenes look at how the sound portion of a talking picture is created. Uses Bitter Sweet (1940) (a Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy picture) and Comrade X (1940) to illustrate the techniques. Parts of this short are in Technicolor, including a stunning screen test of Greer Garson for Blossoms in the Dust (1941). The conclusion is a montage of trailers for coming MGM pictures featuring almost the entire MGM constellation of stars.
Direction Douglas Shearer
Cast Clark Gable · Hedy Lamarr · Spencer Tracy · Norma Shearer · Robert Taylor · Conrad Veidt · Alla Nazimova · The Marx Brothers · Ann Sothern · Ruth Hussey · Walter Pidgeon · Robert Young · Lew Ayres · Lionel Barrymore · Laraine Day · Judy Garland · Lana Turner · Joan Crawford · Cary Grant · Katharine Hepburn · James Stewart · George Murphy · Charles Winninger · Douglas McPhail · Nelson Eddy · Greer Garson · Jeanette MacDonald · Douglas Shearer · W.S. Van Dyke · Frank Whitbeck
Soundtrack Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography Lester White
Original title The Miracle of Sound (S)
5.6
36 votes (FilmAffinity)
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