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	Douglas Shearer
		Douglas remained with his father in Montreal while his two younger sisters, Norma and Athole[?] moved to New York City with their mother.
		Unable to afford university, Douglas Shearer left school, working at a variety of jobs until he visited his sisters who by then had relocated to Hollywood, California in the early 1920s.
		In 1955, Douglas Shearer was appointed MGM’s director of technical research and by the time he retired in 1968, he had won several Academy Awards and Academy citations for scientific and technological advances within the movie industry.
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	Douglas Shearer
		During his more than four-decade-long association with MGM studios, Douglas Shearer played a key role in the development and perfecting of sound technology for films.
		Shearer was hired by MGM in the '20s when he came down from his native Canada to visit his sister, popular actress Norma Shearer.
		Some of Shearer's most important contributions include the development of a sophisticated recording system that largely eliminated unwanted background noise during sound recording, and the co-creation of the MGM Camera 65 wide-screen system; the latter earned him a special Oscar in 1959.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P188032 (139 words)

	Norma Shearer - Northern Stars
		Norma and her older siblings, sister Athole and brother Douglas, grew up in one of the homes her father had built for the well-to-do on Grosvenor Street, which runs up the slopes of the mountain that is both the source of its name and the main geological feature of Westmount.
		Shearer had moved west, her brother Douglas came for a family visit and was introduced to Louis B. Mayer.
		Douglas Shearer held the post of sound director for many years at MGM, going on to be given seven Academy Awards for sound recording and six more Academy Awards for technical achievement in sound.
	www.northernstars.ca /actorsstu/shearerbio.html (2946 words)

	allmovie ((( Douglas Shearer > Overview )))
		During his more than four-decade-long association with MGM studios, Douglas Shearer played a key role in the development and perfecting of sound technology for films.
		Shearer was hired by MGM in the '20s when he came down from his native Canada to visit his sister, popular actress Norma Shearer.
		Some of Shearer's most important contributions include the development of a sophisticated recording system that largely eliminated unwanted background noise during sound recording, and the co-creation of the MGM Camera 65 wide-screen system; the latter earned him a special Oscar in 1959.
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	Douglas F Shearer :: Cycling, Coding, Chillin' & Occasional Lunacy!
		Douglas F Shearer :: Cycling, Coding, Chillin' and Occasional Lunacy!
		Douglas F Shearer is a twenty-two year old graduate of the University of Edinburgh.
		Copyright © 1998 - 2007 Douglas F Shearer
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	SHEARER HORN
		John Hilliard approached the head of MGM's sound department, Douglas Shearer, with a proposal to develop their own system.
		Douglas Shearer didn't hesitate to approve the Hilliard's proposal and authorized "any reasonable budget".
		The impact of the Shearer Horn on the movie industry is hard to overstate.
	www.audioheritage.org /html/profiles/lmco/shearer.htm (1443 words)

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		Norma Shearer was born Edith Norma Shearer on August 11th, 1902 in Westmount, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec Canada.
		Shearer realized there was little future for her daughters in Montreal outside of the mundane.
		Douglas Shearer held the post of sound director for many years at MGM and distinguished himself on many occasions, often winning Academy Awards for technical excellence.
	www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Boulevard/5255/bio.html (3204 words)

	Douglas Shearer at AllExperts
		Douglas G. Shearer (November 17, 1899 - January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-born pioneer sound designer and director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures.
		Shearer was born in Montreal, Quebec to a prominent upper class family, but his family fell on hard times after his father's business failed, which ultimately led to his parents' separation.
		Over his long career, Douglas Shearer was nominated for an Academy Award a total of twenty-one times, winning seven times for Sound and Special Effects.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/do/douglas_shearer.htm (338 words)

	Athole Shearer
		Athole Shearer, born November 20, 1900 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada - died March 17, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, United States, was an actress most noted as the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.
		As a teenager, Athole Shearer’s divorced mother moved the two girls to New York City and then to Hollywood and in 1920 she obtained her first minor film roll.
		Athole Shearer died in 1985 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/a/at/athole_shearer.html (251 words)

	Athole Shearer Information
		Athole Shearer (November 20, 1900 – March 17, 1985) was an actress most noted as the sister of motion picture star Norma Shearer and film sound engineer Douglas Shearer.
		Athole Shearer suffered from bipolar disorder that went unrecognized for years resulting in her suffering numerous problems.
		Athole Shearer died in 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Athole_Shearer (204 words)

	Norma Shearer
		Shearer, Andrew(circa 1864-1944): Norma's father, he owned his own buisness which failed causing Norma, and her mother and sister to move to New York City to look for jobs.
		Shearer, Douglas(11/17/1899-1/5/1971): When Douglas Shearer came to visit his little sister Norma (who was rapidly rising to fame) in the mid 20's, she managed to get him a job as an assistant in the camera department, then he became a member of the sound department.
		Douglas was later appointed to head of technical research at MGM, and held his office from 1955 until his retirement in 1968.
	www.freewebs.com /normashearer/s.htm (1378 words)

	Douglas Shearer - Films as sound technician (selected list):
		However, Shearer had also demonstrated prodigious technical proficiency at MGM before his assumption of sound duties, being involved in projects ranging from constructing optical printers to experimenting with early zoom lenses.
		During his tenure at MGM, Shearer was involved in virtually every aspect of the motion picture's technical evolution following the coming of sound; with John Arnold of the studio's Camera Department, Shearer established MGM at the forefront of studio-originated research into motion-picture technology.
		Nevertheless, Shearer made a profound contribution to all aspects of motion picture technology, establishing MGM as a center of technical research while, more importantly, serving as the implementer into motion-picture practice of the technical amelioration effected by the nation's major electronic research laboratories at RCA and Bell.
	www.filmreference.com /Writers-and-Production-Artists-Ro-She/Shearer-Douglas.html (750 words)

	Jack Douglas Shearer : New Zealand All Black
		Shearer, who could play either as a hooker in the 2-3-2 scrum formation or as a loose forward, played in four matches in Australia, including the second unofficial test against New South Wales, and the match on the return home against Wellington at Athletic Park.
		As a result Shearer appeared in no fewer than 18 shield matches, though some of these were a little later in the decade when Wellington were not the holders.
		Shearer continued in Wellington club rugby with Poneke, whom he captained for many years, until the 1932 season by which time he was nearly 35.
	www.rugbymuseum.co.nz /ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=784 (545 words)

	Douglas G. Shearer (1899 - 1971) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Shearer was credited as the recording supervisor on over 850 MGM films between 1928 and 1954.
		Shearer won 12 Oscars for "Best Sound" during his career.
		Douglas arrived in Hollywood at a time when great foraes were being made with sound, camera work and (later) the screen size.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8103654 (143 words)

	Divas - The Site / Acting Divas / Galleries / Norma Shearer
		Norma's beauty and charisma cast a spell upon whomever was fortunate enough to be graced with her presence.
		At a partry thrown by William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies, with an all-American theme, Norma Shearer, who disliked being dictated to, chose to disregard the terms of the invitation and arrived as Marie Antoinette.
		Her period skirts were so voluminous that the seats had to be removed from her car before she could enter it, and she was unable to pass through the main door of the Davies beach house.
	www.divasthesite.com /Acting_Divas/Gallery/Gallery_Norma_Shearer_07.htm (545 words)

	Douglas Shearer - Overview - MSN Movies
		Biography:During his more than four-decade-long association with MGM studios, "Douglas Shearer" played a key role in the development and perfecting of sound technology for films.
		By the late '20s, he was designated the head of the MGM's new sound department.
		He served as the studio's director of technical research between 1955 and 1968.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?c=204137&cbfpc=67&stab=2 (161 words)

	Norma Shearer at Hollywood.com
		Shearer lost interest in her career after Thalberg's death in 1936; this, coupled with a poor choice of roles (she turned down the leads in "Gone With the Wind" 1939 and "Mrs.
		Shearer did enjoy four decades of marriage, though, to her second husband, a former ski instructor and land developer she met and married in 1942.
		Her brother, Douglas Shearer (1899-1971), was a pioneering sound technician who won 12 Oscars and developed several key technical innovations.
	www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Norma_Shearer/192016 (1024 words)

	Douglas Shearer - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Douglas Shearer came to MGM to visit his sister, Norma Shearer, and was hired as an assistant in the camera department.
		In 1929, Douglas came up with the idea of playing the sound track for a musical number so that it would be filmed in sync with the music.
		Douglas became one of the most innovative men in the sound field and MGM became well known for the quality of the sound in their pictures.
	comments.imdb.com /name/nm0790428/bio (416 words)

	Douglas Shearer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Douglas zůstal s jeho otcem v Montrealu zatímco jeho dvě mladší sestry, Norma a Athole se stěhoval do New Yorku s jejich matkou.
		Neschopný si dovolit univerzitu, Douglas Shearer opustil školu, pracovat u palety prací until on navštívil jeho sestry kdo pak přesídlil k Hollywood, Kalifornie v brzy dvacátá léta.
		V 1955, Douglas Shearer byl jmenován MGM vedoucí technického výzkumu a do doby on odešel v roce 1968, on vyhrál několik cen akademie a pochvalné zmínky akademie pro vědecký a technologické pokroky uvnitř průmyslu filmu.
	wikipedia.infostar.cz /d/do/douglas_shearer.html (239 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Oscars
		Over the years Douglas Shearer won 11 more Oscars under the categories Best Sound Recording, Best Special Effects and Scientific or Technical for films such as Naughty Marietta (1935), San Francisco (1936), Strike Up The Band (1940), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Green Dolphin Street (1947), and The Great Caruso (1951).
		Norma Shearer was nominated for the Actress in a Leading Role award for Their Own Desire but didn't win because she won for her role in The Divorcée.
		Shearer was nominated for the Actress in a Leading Role award four more times for her roles in A Free Soul (1930-31), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1936), and Marie Antoinette (1938).
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/oscars (1969 words)

	Abies lasiocarpa: REFERENCES
		Douglas, George W.; Ballard, T. Effects of fire on alpine plant communities in the North Cascades, Washington.
		Shearer, Raymond C. Early establishment of conifers following prescribed broadcast burning in western larch/Douglas-fir forests.
		Shearer, Raymond C. Effects of prescribed burning and wildfire on regeneration in a larch forest in northwest Montana.
	www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/tree/abilas/references.html (3246 words)

	What lies beneath \| Ocala.com \| Star-Banner \| Ocala, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		OCALA - Douglas Shearer must use a filter for the water coming out of the well at his home.
		While health officials can't prove the source, Shearer believes the area's rising number of septic tanks - rather than runoff from nearby farms - are the reason both wells contain high levels of bacteria.
		Douglas Shearer kneels over the drain field area near his Live Oak Animal Clinic in Summerfield.
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	Douglas F Shearer :: About (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Douglas F Shearer is a graduate in computer science from the University of Edinburgh.
		Now that he's graduated, Douglas is looking for more permanent employment.
		Who Am I? Douglas F Shearer is a twenty-one year old graduate of the University of Edinburgh.
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	Douglas Shearer, 55, long-time firefighter
		GASTON - Douglas Allen Shearer, 55, Gaston, died Oct. 8, 2006.
		Shearer was born Nov. 2, 1950, in Tacoma, Wash. He was raised in Hillsboro and graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1968.
		Shearer was a firefighter with the Hillsboro Fire Department for 34 years and retired in 2005.
	www.oregonlive.com /news/argus/index.ssf?/base/obituaries/1160764304295700.xml&coll=6 (221 words)

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	Douglas Shearer
		The brother of Norma Shearer, he came to Hollywood to visit his sister and was hired by MGM as an assistant in the camera department.
		During the switch to talkies in the late 20s, he was appointed head of the company's sound department and soon proved himself one of the most inventive technicians in this pioneering field.
		In 1955 he was appointed the company's director of technical research, a position he held until his retirement in 1968.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho/shearer_d.htm (396 words)

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