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Romero developed the first technique to provide captions for sound films, making them accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing; his efforts inspired the ...
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Emerson Romero

Film actor
Emerson Irving Romero was a Cuban-American silent film actor who worked under the screen name Tommy Albert. Wikipedia
Born: August 19, 1900, Havana, Cuba
Died: October 16, 1972 (age 72 years), Boulder, CO
Known for: Early efforts in film captioning
Other names: Tommy Albert

Sep 19, 2024 ˇ He is credited with innovating some of the first techniques to make films accessible for Deaf people. Illustrated by Cuban American guest artist ...
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Sep 19, 2024 ˇ This Emerson Romero biography dives into the life of one of Hollywood's earliest Deaf actors ...
Duration: 2:07
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
Jan 11, 2021 ˇ The history of closed captioning can be tracked back to Emerson Romero, a deaf silent film actor, who sought a change in films.
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Sep 18, 2024 ˇ ... deaf and hard of hearing; his efforts inspired the invention of the ... Emerson Romero video ...
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Posted: Sep 18, 2024
The best part—he was deaf. Romero's career ended when “talkies” hit the studio scene. Narration and dialogue that filled the screen of silent movies vanished ...
Feb 17, 2022 ˇ Emerson Romero was a silent film actor who was deaf. When movies with sound were invented, deaf actors got less roles and the intertitle text was removed.
Oct 9, 2020 ˇ Emerson Romero was a deaf silent movie actor and Charlie Chaplin impersonator who pioneered closed captioning. Historian Jaipreet Virdi ...
Sep 19, 2024 ˇ Created today's @google Doodle to commemorate Emerson Romero, a Deaf Cuban-American actor from the silent film era who became a pioneer in closed captioning.