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Anna Levy and Luke Siddham Dundon

Turning on the subtitles more often? Here's why film and TV dialogue has got harder to hear

Set in the 1920s, Babylon depicts the birth of recorded dialogue on the silver screen.  (Supplied: Paramount/Scott Garfield)

In the new comedy-drama Babylon, young ingénue Nellie (played by Margot Robbie) is catapulted to silent film fame.

But a few years later, the advent of talkies threatens her rise, as the chaotic sets of silent films are replaced by pristine sound stages equipped with state-of-the art recording equipment to capture actors' voices.

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