
Douglas Shearer
Biography
Douglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian-American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures. He won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. Douglas began his journey into cinema by studying experimental electricity at Northern Electric Company before joining MGM in 1925. Initially exploring lighting and cameras, he pivoted to …
Known For
The Wizard of Oz
Sound Director
Singin' in the Rain
Recording Supervision
Freaks
Recording Supervision
The Shop Around the Corner
Sound Director
The Philadelphia Story
Recording Supervision
Gaslight
Sound
The Asphalt Jungle
Recording Supervision
The Thin Man
Sound Director
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Filmography
Acting (2)
Crew (557)
Movies (557)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954Recording Supervision
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954Sound
Rose Marie
1954Recording Supervision
Tennessee Champ
1954Sound
Valley of the Kings
1954Recording Supervision
Executive Suite
1954Recording Supervision
Her Twelve Men
1954Recording Supervision
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954Recording Supervision
M-G-M Jubilee Overture
1954Sound Recordist
Lili
1953Sound
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
1953Music Supervisor
Julius Caesar
1953Recording Supervision
The Naked Spur
1953Recording Supervision
The Naked Spur
1953Sound
The Story of Three Loves
1953Recording Supervision
Jeopardy
1953Recording Supervision
I Love Melvin
1953Recording Supervision
The Actress
1953Recording Supervision
Ride, Vaquero!
1953Recording Supervision
The Band Wagon
1953Recording Supervision
Take the High Ground!
1953Recording Supervision
Big Leaguer
1953Recording Supervision
Kiss Me Kate
1953Recording Supervision
Easy to Love
1953Recording Supervision
Capriccio Italien
1953Recording Supervision
Confidentially Connie
1953Recording Supervision
Small Town Girl
1953Recording Supervision
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953Sound Recordist
Battle Circus
1953Recording Supervision
Give a Girl a Break
1953Recording Supervision
Dangerous When Wet
1953Recording Supervision
Dream Wife
1953Recording Supervision
Young Bess
1953Recording Supervision
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953Recording Supervision
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953Recording Supervision
Remains to Be Seen
1953Recording Supervision
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953Recording Supervision
Scandal at Scourie
1953Recording Supervision
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952Recording Supervision
Singin' in the Rain
1952Recording Supervision
Holiday for Sinners
1952Sound
Young Man with Ideas
1952Recording Supervision
Scaramouche
1952Recording Supervision
The Wild North
1952Sound
The Merry Widow
1952Recording Supervision
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Recording Supervision
Skirts Ahoy!
1952Recording Supervision
Glory Alley
1952Recording Supervision
Everything I Have Is Yours
1952Recording Supervision
Carbine Williams
1952Recording Supervision
Fearless Fagan
1952Recording Supervision
The Belle of New York
1952Recording Supervision
The Girl in White
1952Sound
Talk About a Stranger
1952Sound Director
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952Recording Supervision
Invitation
1952Recording Supervision
Pat and Mike
1952Sound Recordist
Shadow in the Sky
1952Recording Supervision
Desperate Search
1952Recording Supervision
Grounds for Marriage
1951Recording Supervision
Quo Vadis
1951Sound Recordist
Angels in the Outfield
1951Recording Supervision
An American in Paris
1951Recording Supervision
Texas Carnival
1951Recording Supervision
Kind Lady
1951Recording Supervision
Show Boat
1951Recording Supervision
Cause for Alarm!
1951Recording Supervision
Father's Little Dividend
1951Recording Supervision
Father's Little Dividend
1951Sound Recordist
The Red Badge of Courage
1951Recording Supervision
The Red Badge of Courage
1951Sound Recordist
Soldiers Three
1951Recording Supervision
Royal Wedding
1951Recording Supervision
Westward the Women
1951Recording Supervision
The Strip
1951Recording Supervision
Callaway Went Thataway
1951Recording Supervision
The Tall Target
1951Recording Supervision
The Painted Hills
1951Sound
The Great Caruso
1951Recording Supervision
The Law and the Lady
1951Recording Supervision
Three Guys Named Mike
1951Recording Supervision
Too Young to Kiss
1951Recording Supervision
Mystery Street
1950Recording Supervision
Two Weeks with Love
1950Sound
Shadow on the Wall
1950Recording Supervision
Summer Stock
1950Recording Supervision
Father of the Bride
1950Recording Supervision
Black Hand
1950Recording Supervision
The Asphalt Jungle
1950Recording Supervision
The Outriders
1950Sound Designer
The Outriders
1950Sound Recordist
Duchess of Idaho
1950Recording Supervision
King Solomon's Mines
1950Recording Supervision
Stars in My Crown
1950Recording Supervision
Kim
1950Recording Supervision
Devil's Doorway
1950Sound Supervisor
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950Sound
Annie Get Your Gun
1950Recording Supervision
To Please a Lady
1950Recording Supervision
The Yellow Cab Man
1950Recording Supervision
The Magnificent Yankee
1950Recording Supervision
Please Believe Me
1950Recording Supervision
The Big Hangover
1950Recording Supervision
Crisis
1950Recording Supervision
Three Little Words
1950Recording Supervision
Right Cross
1950Recording Supervision
Watch the Birdie
1950Recording Supervision
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950Recording Supervision
Pagan Love Song
1950Recording Supervision
The Stratton Story
1949Recording Supervision
Little Women
1949Sound Recordist
The Great Sinner
1949Recording Supervision
Tension
1949Recording Supervision
Adam's Rib
1949Recording Supervision
Adam's Rib
1949Sound Recordist
On the Town
1949Recording Supervision
On the Town
1949Sound Director
Act of Violence
1949Sound Director
Battleground
1949Recording Supervision
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949Recording Supervision
Intruder in the Dust
1949Sound Recordist
Neptune's Daughter
1949Recording Supervision
The Secret Garden
1949Sound Director
That Forsyte Woman
1949Recording Supervision
Border Incident
1949Sound Supervisor
In the Good Old Summertime
1949Recording Supervision
Madame Bovary
1949Recording Supervision
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
1949Sound Director
Challenge to Lassie
1949Recording Supervision
The Pirate
1948Recording Supervision
The Three Musketeers
1948Recording Supervision
Easter Parade
1948Sound Director
Easter Parade
1948Sound Recordist
Julia Misbehaves
1948Sound
Summer Holiday
1948Sound
A Date with Judy
1948Recording Supervision
Big City
1948Sound
Good News
1947Recording Supervision
Dark Delusion
1947Sound Director
Cynthia
1947Sound
Green Dolphin Street
1947Recording Supervision
Killer McCoy
1947Sound Director
Undercover Maisie
1947Sound Director
Desire Me
1947Sound Director
The Sea of Grass
1947Sound
The Unfinished Dance
1947Sound Director
Song of the Thin Man
1947Recording Supervision
Song of Love
1947Sound Director
The Hucksters
1947Sound Director
The Arnelo Affair
1947Sound
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947Sound Director
Living in a Big Way
1947Sound
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946Sound Director
Undercurrent
1946Sound Director
Two Smart People
1946Sound Director
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946Recording Supervision
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946Sound Director
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946Sound Director
The Secret Heart
1946Sound Director
Lady in the Lake
1946Sound Director
Bad Bascomb
1946Recording Supervision
Courage of Lassie
1946Recording Supervision
Up Goes Maisie
1946Sound Director
The Hoodlum Saint
1946Recording Supervision
The Harvey Girls
1946Recording Supervision
The Yearling
1946Recording Supervision
Two Sisters from Boston
1946Recording Supervision
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945Recording Supervision
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945Recording Supervision
Twice Blessed
1945Sound Director
Ziegfeld Follies
1945Recording Supervision
Dangerous Partners
1945Recording Supervision
Son of Lassie
1945Recording Supervision
She Went to the Races
1945Recording Supervision
Thrill of a Romance
1945Recording Supervision
Main Street After Dark
1945Recording Supervision
The Hidden Eye
1945Recording Supervision
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944Sound Director
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944Recording Supervision
Meet Me in St. Louis
1944Recording Supervision
Gaslight
1944Sound
Mrs. Parkington
1944Sound Director
Gentle Annie
1944Recording Supervision
Bathing Beauty
1944Recording Supervision
Kismet
1944Sound Director
Rationing
1944Recording Supervision
The Canterville Ghost
1944Sound Director
A Guy Named Joe
1944Sound
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944Sound Director
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944Recording Supervision
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944Sound Director
Music for Millions
1944Sound Director
An American Romance
1944Recording Supervision
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944Sound Director
Swing Fever
1943Sound Director
Cabin in the Sky
1943Sound Director
Bataan
1943Recording Supervision
Thousands Cheer
1943Recording Supervision
The Human Comedy
1943Recording Supervision
Above Suspicion
1943Sound Director
Swing Shift Maisie
1943Sound Director
The Man from Down Under
1943Recording Supervision
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942Recording Supervision
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942Recording Supervision
Grand Central Murder
1942Recording Supervision
Mrs. Miniver
1942Recording Supervision
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942Recording Supervision
Mokey
1942Sound Director
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942Sound Director
Panama Hattie
1942Camera Operator
Nazi Agent
1942Sound Director
For Me and My Gal
1942Sound Director
Cairo
1942Sound Director
Tortilla Flat
1942Sound
Her Cardboard Lover
1942Recording Supervision
Kid Glove Killer
1942Sound Director
Eyes in the Night
1942Sound Director
Fingers at the Window
1942Sound Director
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
1942Recording Supervision
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942Sound Director
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942Sound Director
Whistling in the Dark
1941Recording Supervision
Johnny Eager
1941Recording Supervision
Rage in Heaven
1941Recording Supervision
A Woman's Face
1941Sound
Blonde Inspiration
1941Sound Director
Ziegfeld Girl
1941Recording Supervision
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941Recording Supervision
Kathleen
1941Sound Director
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941Recording Supervision
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941Recording Supervision
Honky Tonk
1941Recording Supervision
When Ladies Meet
1941Sound Director
The Feminine Touch
1941Recording Supervision
Come Live with Me
1941Recording Supervision
Married Bachelor
1941Sound Director
Blossoms in the Dust
1941Sound Director
Two-Faced Woman
1941Sound
Love Crazy
1941Recording Supervision
Love Crazy
1941Sound Director
I'll Wait for You
1941Sound Director
Maisie Was a Lady
1941Sound Director
Lady Be Good
1941Sound Director
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941Sound Director
Washington Melodrama
1941Recording Supervision
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941Sound Director
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941Sound Director
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940Recording Supervision
The Earl of Chicago
1940Recording Supervision
Waterloo Bridge
1940Sound Director
The Philadelphia Story
1940Recording Supervision
The Shop Around the Corner
1940Sound Director
Pride and Prejudice
1940Recording Supervision
Dulcy
1940Recording Supervision
Sporting Blood
1940Recording Supervision
Go West
1940Recording Supervision
Northwest Passage
1940Sound Director
Boom Town
1940Sound Recordist
I Love You Again
1940Recording Supervision
We Who Are Young
1940Recording Supervision
Gold Rush Maisie
1940Sound Director
Strange Cargo
1940Sound Director
Susan and God
1940Sound Director
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940Recording Supervision
Comrade X
1940Sound Director
The Golden Fleecing
1940Sound Director
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940Director
Congo Maisie
1940Sound Director
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940Sound Director
The Wizard of Oz
1939Sound Director
Stronger Than Desire
1939Recording Supervision
The Hardys Ride High
1939Sound Director
Judge Hardy and Son
1939Sound Director
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939Sound Director
Ninotchka
1939Recording Supervision
Ninotchka
1939Sound Director
Maisie
1939Sound Director
The Women
1939Sound Director
Idiot's Delight
1939Recording Supervision
On Borrowed Time
1939Recording Supervision
At the Circus
1939Recording Supervision
Honolulu
1939Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Another Thin Man
1939Sound Director
The Kid From Texas
1939Recording Supervision
6,000 Enemies
1939Recording Supervision
Fast and Furious
1939Sound Director
Fast and Loose
1939Sound Director
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939Recording Supervision
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939Sound
They All Come Out
1939Sound Director
Thunder Afloat
1939Sound Director
Babes in Arms
1939Sound
Miracles for Sale
1939Sound Recordist
Broadway Serenade
1939Sound Recordist
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939Sound Director
Tell No Tales
1939Sound Director
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939Sound Director
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939Recording Supervision
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939Recording Supervision
Henry Goes Arizona
1939Sound Director
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938Sound Director
Of Human Hearts
1938Sound Director
Love Is a Headache
1938Recording Supervision
Boys Town
1938Recording Supervision
Fast Company
1938Sound Director
Test Pilot
1938Sound Director
Man-Proof
1938Sound
Marie Antoinette
1938Sound
Vacation from Love
1938Sound Director
The Great Waltz
1938Sound Director
Dramatic School
1938Sound Recordist
Spring Madness
1938Recording Supervision
Mannequin
1938Sound Director
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938Sound Director
The Girl Downstairs
1938Sound Director
Young Dr. Kildare
1938Recording Supervision
Too Hot to Handle
1938Recording Supervision
Three Comrades
1938Sound Director
Sweethearts
1938Sound Director
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938Sound Director
Out West with the Hardys
1938Sound Director
The Shining Hour
1938Sound Director
The Chaser
1938Sound Director
Paradise for Three
1938Sound Director
Judge Hardy's Children
1938Sound Director
The First Hundred Years
1938Recording Supervision
A Day at the Races
1937Sound Director
Parnell
1937Sound Recordist
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937Sound Director
Conquest
1937Sound Director
A Family Affair
1937Sound Director
Madame X
1937Sound Director
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937Sound Director
Captains Courageous
1937Sound
The Good Earth
1937Recording Supervision
They Gave Him a Gun
1937Sound Director
Maytime
1937Sound Engineer
Night Must Fall
1937Recording Supervision
The Bride Wore Red
1937Sound Director
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937Sound
The Thirteenth Chair
1937Sound Director
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937Recording Supervision
Double Wedding
1937Sound Director
You're Only Young Once
1937Sound Director
The Romance of Celluloid
1937Director
Navy Blue and Gold
1937Recording Supervision
The Women Men Marry
1937Recording Supervision
Married Before Breakfast
1937Sound Director
The Unguarded Hour
1936Sound Director
The Devil-Doll
1936Recording Supervision
Fury
1936Sound Director
Fury
1936Sound Recordist
Trouble for Two
1936Recording Supervision
Libeled Lady
1936Recording Supervision
Libeled Lady
1936Sound Director
Tarzan Escapes
1936Recording Supervision
Camille
1936Sound Director
Petticoat Fever
1936Sound Recordist
Rose Marie
1936Sound Recordist
Riffraff
1936Sound Recordist
San Francisco
1936Sound Director
After the Thin Man
1936Recording Supervision
Wife vs. Secretary
1936Recording Supervision
Tough Guy
1936Sound Recordist
The Great Ziegfeld
1936Sound Director
Romeo and Juliet
1936Sound Director
Moonlight Murder
1936Sound Recordist
Suzy
1936Sound Director
Born to Dance
1936Sound
Sinner Take All
1936Sound Director
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936Sound Recordist
Three Godfathers
1936Recording Supervision
The Garden Murder Case
1936Sound Director
The Longest Night
1936Recording Supervision
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936Sound Recordist
Sworn Enemy
1936Recording Supervision
Mad Holiday
1936Recording Supervision
Three Live Ghosts
1936Sound Director
Absolute Quiet
1936Sound Director
Murder in the Fleet
1935Sound Director
Naughty Marietta
1935Sound Director
A Night at the Opera
1935Sound Director
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935Sound Director
Mad Love
1935Sound Director
David Copperfield
1935Sound Director
Whipsaw
1935Recording Supervision
Whipsaw
1935Sound Director
Woman Wanted
1935Sound Director
Anna Karenina
1935Sound
A Tale of Two Cities
1935Sound Director
The Casino Murder Case
1935Recording Supervision
Reckless
1935Recording Supervision
China Seas
1935Sound
Sequoia
1935Recording Supervision
Rendezvous
1935Sound Recordist
Calm Yourself
1935Sound Director
Last of the Pagans
1935Sound Recordist
Times Square Lady
1935Sound Director
Public Hero Number 1
1935Sound
Age of Indiscretion
1935Sound Recordist
Kind Lady
1935Recording Supervision
The Night Is Young
1935Sound Recordist
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935Recording Supervision
I Live My Life
1935Sound Director
No More Ladies
1935Sound Director
The Winning Ticket
1935Recording Supervision
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935Sound Recordist
The Bishop Misbehaves
1935Sound Director
Baby Face Harrington
1935Recording Supervision
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934Sound Director
Riptide
1934Sound Director
Tarzan and His Mate
1934Recording Supervision
Treasure Island
1934Sound Director
Manhattan Melodrama
1934Sound Director
Queen Christina
1934Sound Director
The Thin Man
1934Sound Director
Chained
1934Sound Director
Hollywood Party
1934Sound Director
Sadie McKee
1934Sound Director
Forsaking All Others
1934Sound Director
The Show-Off
1934Sound Director
The Gay Bride
1934Recording Supervision
Men in White
1934Sound Director
What Every Woman Knows
1934Recording Supervision
The Girl from Missouri
1934Sound Director
Operator 13
1934Sound Director
Hide-Out
1934Sound Director
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934Sound Director
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934Sound Director
Paris Interlude
1934Sound Director
Hold Your Man
1933Sound Director
The Solitaire Man
1933Sound Director
Storm at Daybreak
1933Sound Director
Whistling in the Dark
1933Sound Director
The Barbarian
1933Sound Director
Penthouse
1933Sound Director
Bombshell
1933Sound Director
Looking Forward
1933Sound Director
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933Sound Director
Dinner at Eight
1933Sound Director
Going Hollywood
1933Sound Director
Midnight Mary
1933Sound Director
Today We Live
1933Sound Director
Beauty for Sale
1933Sound Director
Gabriel Over the White House
1933Sound Director
The White Sister
1933Sound Director
Peg o' My Heart
1933Sound Director
Night Flight
1933Sound
Fast Workers
1933Sound Director
Dancing Lady
1933Sound Director
When Ladies Meet
1933Sound Director
Made on Broadway
1933Sound Director
Stage Mother
1933Sound Director
The Nuisance
1933Recording Supervision
Reunion in Vienna
1933Sound
Turn Back the Clock
1933Sound Director
The Women in His Life
1933Sound Director
Another Language
1933Sound Director
The Stranger's Return
1933Sound Director
Men Must Fight
1933Sound Director
Should Ladies Behave
1933Sound Director
Emma
1932Sound Director
The Passionate Plumber
1932Recording Supervision
Freaks
1932Recording Supervision
Red-Headed Woman
1932Sound Director
The Son-Daughter
1932Sound Director
Kongo
1932Sound Recordist
Tarzan the Ape Man
1932Sound
Flesh
1932Sound
Grand Hotel
1932Sound Director
Faithless
1932Sound Director
Huddle
1932Sound Director
Arsène Lupin
1932Sound Director
Unashamed
1932Sound Director
Payment Deferred
1932Sound Director
As You Desire Me
1932Sound Director
Lovers Courageous
1932Sound Director
The Washington Masquerade
1932Sound Director
Rasputin and the Empress
1932Sound Director
Hell Divers
1932Sound
Red Dust
1932Sound Director
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932Sound Director
Blondie of the Follies
1932Sound Director
Downstairs
1932Sound
Polly of the Circus
1932Sound
The Wet Parade
1932Sound Director
Letty Lynton
1932Sound Director
New Morals for Old
1932Recording Supervision
Smilin' Through
1932Sound Director
Night Court
1932Sound Recordist
Strange Interlude
1932Sound Director
But the Flesh Is Weak
1932Sound Director
Sporting Blood
1931Sound Recordist
Laughing Sinners
1931Sound Director
Reducing
1931Recording Supervision
Mata Hari
1931Sound Director
Possessed
1931Sound Director
The Man in Possession
1931Sound Director
A Free Soul
1931Sound Director
The Cuban Love Song
1931Recording Supervision
Flying High
1931Sound Director
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931Recording Supervision
Five and Ten
1931Sound Director
The Champ
1931Recording Supervision
Guilty Hands
1931Sound Director
Strangers May Kiss
1931Sound Director
Politics
1931Recording Supervision
The Great Lover
1931Sound Director
The Squaw Man
1931Sound Director
West of Broadway
1931Sound Director
Trader Horn
1931Recording Supervision
The Guardsman
1931Sound Director
Private Lives
1931Sound Director
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931Sound Director
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931Sound Director
Buster se marie
1931Sound
The bitter fruit
1931Sound Recordist
The Bachelor Father
1931Sound Director
This Modern Age
1931Sound Director
Casanova wider Willen
1931Sound
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931Sound Director
Paid
1930Sound Director
Passion Flower
1930Sound Director
Romance
1930Sound Director
This Mad World
1930Sound Engineer
The Big House
1930Sound
A Lady's Morals
1930Sound Director
Si l'empereur savait ça
1930Sound Engineer
Lord Byron of Broadway
1930Sound Recordist
Anna Christie
1930Sound Recordist
Anna Christie
1930Sound Engineer
The Florodora Girl
1930Sound Director
Children of Pleasure
1930Sound Director
Madam Satan
1930Sound Recordist
The Divorcee
1930Sound Director
Our Blushing Brides
1930Sound Director
Montana Moon
1930Sound Director
The Lady of Scandal
1930Sound Director
New Moon
1930Sound Director
War Nurse
1930Sound Director
The Big House
1930Sound
The Ship from Shanghai
1930Sound Engineer
Not So Dumb
1930Sound Recordist
They Learned About Women
1930Sound Director
Min and Bill
1930Sound
Let Us Be Gay
1930Sound Director
The Idle Rich
1929Sound Engineer
The Thirteenth Chair
1929Sound Recordist
Dynamite
1929Sound Recordist
The Broadway Melody
1929Recording Supervision
The Broadway Melody
1929Sound Recordist
The Unholy Night
1929Sound Recordist
Wonder of Women
1929Sound Engineer
So This Is College
1929Sound Engineer
Their Own Desire
1929Sound Recordist
The Voice of the City
1929Sound Engineer
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1929Sound Recordist
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