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This article is an edited reprint of the Spring 2011 DGA
Quarterly article, "A More Perfect Union" by Amy Dawes.
Season's Greetings — continued from page 32
STORMY WEATHER: Movies made prior
to Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life
(1946) used cornflakes painted white
for the falling snow. However, cornflakes
were so loud that dialogue had to be
dubbed in later, and Capra wanted to
record live sound. So a new snow effect
was developed using foamite and soap
and water.
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