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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. The elder brother of actress Norma Shearer, he won seven Academy Awards for his work. In 2008, he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
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The extracted context around Douglas Shearer shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Douglas Shearer → Andrew, Athole Shearer, California, Douglas, Edith, Hollywood, Howard Hawks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Montreal, New York City, Norma, Norma Shearer, Quebec, Shearer, Unable, United States, Westmount Another extracted example is Douglas Shearer → Ann Cunningham, Avice Curry, California, Hollywood, June, Later, M-G-M, Marion, Mark, Montreal, October, September, Shearer, Stephen, The Film Daily, Tilden. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 39 structured relationships around Douglas Shearer. Examples in this analysis include Douglas Shearer → Born → Douglas Graham Shearer (1899-11-17)November 17, 1899 Westmount, Quebec, Canada and Douglas Shearer → Children → 2. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Shearer | Born | Douglas Graham Shearer (1899-11-17)November 17, 1899 Westmount, Quebec, Canada | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | Died | January 5, 1971(1971-01-05) (aged 71) Culver City, California, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | Occupations | Sound designer, sound director | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | Relatives | Andrew Shearer (father) Norma Shearer (sister) Athole Shearer (sister) Cresswell Shearer (uncle) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | Years active | 1928–1968 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Shearer | 0.60 | section |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Westmount | 0.60 | section |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Quebec | 0.60 | section |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Douglas | 0.60 | section |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Andrew | 0.60 | section |
| Douglas Shearer | related to Early life and career | Montreal | 0.60 | section |
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For Douglas Shearer, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Douglas Shearer with Awards and nominations. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Douglas Shearer to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Douglas Shearer · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout