Douglas Shearer(1899-1971)

He and his sister Norma Shearer were the first Oscar-winning brother and sister. He won his first award in the same year his sister won her Best Actress Oscar in 1930.

The public probably little realizes the various advances in sound pictures, but some of our troubles and problems have had an element of humor. For example, we experimented much in early days to prevent falling rain from sounding like dropping bullets when recorded. We learned to 'damp' the sound with blotting paper on window sills, or felt on the ground out of camera sight.