The Voice That Thrilled the World
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This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.
Genres
History, Documentary
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
Audience Member (uncredited)
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
Giovanni Martinelli
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
George Arliss
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
John Barrymore
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
James Cagney
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne Cagney
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
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