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Russell Shearman won a Technical Achievement Award for inventing a “chemical” form of this effect on one film to replace existing methods that were too loud to record dialogue. During the filming of 1929’s Thunder, this effect caused an infection in Lon Chaney’s throat that killed him six months later. This effect first appears only in the last shots of a 1954 film in which nightclub dancers played by Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen travel with Danny Kaye and (*) Bing Crosby to Vermont. Both Citizen Kane and The Wizard of Oz used asbestos for this effect, although it was more common (10[1])to use instant (10[1])mashed potatoes (10[1])or toasted cornflakes. For 10 points, movies like It’s a Wonderful Life and White Christmas simulate what kind of weather? ■END■

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