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. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 4.8/10 | |
Released: | October 24, 1940 | |
Runtime: | 11 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Short | |
Countries: | United States | |
Companies: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | |
Cast: | Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Norma Shearer Hedy Lamarr | |
Crew: | Douglas Shearer | |
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