The Miracle of Sound

The Miracle of Sound
Film title card
Directed byDouglas Shearer
StarringDouglas Shearer
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Greer Garson
W.S. Van Dyke
Narrated byFrank Whitbeck
CinematographyLester White
Edited byJack Ruggiero
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States

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.