George Groves
(1901-1976)
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George Robert Groves (13 December 1901 – 4 September 1976) was a film sound pioneer who played a significant role in developing the technology that brought sound to the silent screen. He is also credited as being Hollywood's first ‘sound man’; he was the recording engineer on the seminal Al Jolson picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), as well as many other early talkies. In a career with Warner Brothers that spanned 46 years, he rose to become their Director of Sound and won two Academy Awards.
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13 December 1901 St Helens, Lancashire, England
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| Died |
4 September 1976 (aged 74) Hollywood, California
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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