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MGM Studio Booth
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A man operates a Mitchell camera from inside an MGM sound booth as Raquel Torres and Nils Asther perform seated in front of lights and a microphone. Director W.S. Van Dyke sits next to the microphone and watches intently.
August 1928
Metro Pictures Corporation
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