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Classic Films

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2. Early sound movies had peculiar challenges

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2022, 04:58 AM

Nov 2022

(The Coconuts was released in 1929.). Notice how the map appears very limp. Several takes were ruined because every time the map was handled, it would produce a loud crackly noise. They finally solved it by wetting the map down.

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