The Voice That Thrilled the World(1943)
18 min★ 6.0 TMDBHistoryDocumentary
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.
Directed byJean Negulesco
Cast
Art GilmoreNarrator (voice)- SSheldon JettAudience Member (uncredited)
Harold MillerAudience Member (uncredited)- EEdwin TuttleAudience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni MartinelliCanio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George ArlissSelf (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John BarrymoreSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie BessererSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
James CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Gary CooperSelf (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Bette DavisSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCampSelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Robert ElliottSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Walter HustonJerry Cohan (archive footage)
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