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
He moved to New York and took a low-level job with United Press Movietone News, which produced newsreels for theaters around the country.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2020
The studio, originally known as Movietone City, opened to great fanfare in October 1928 and was hailed as “the newest, largest, and most completely equipped plant for the production of motion pictures in the world.”
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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