Movietone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The film's success also transformed Wadia Movietone into a studio known for films with fantastic stunts and theatrics.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
In 1948, N-B-C T-V began airing its first nightly newscast, “The Camel Newsreel Theatre,” which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
From Washington Times • Feb. 16, 2021
It would be uncharitable, however, to assume that someone at British Movietone was looking for any excuse to shoehorn a bunch of baby footage into what was ostensibly a serious news operation.
From Slate • May 24, 2020
Fox’s 1926 purchase of Movietone, a company that successfully wedded sound to moving pictures and developed popular newsreels, led him to marvel that the Fox name could be found on screens across the globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019
People accustomed to reading comparatively dry rehashes of events were now enthralled by vivid scenes rolling across the new Movietone newsreels.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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