The Voice That Thrilled the World
(1943)
History, Documentary
18min
53%
Overview
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. ...
Art Gilmore
Acting
Sheldon Jett
Acting
Harold Miller
Acting
Narrator (voice)
Art Gilmore
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Audience Member (uncredited)
Sheldon Jett
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Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
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Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
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Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
Giovanni Martinelli
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Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
George Arliss
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Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
John Barrymore
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Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer
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Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
James Cagney
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Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne Cagney
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Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
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Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Bette Davis
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Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCamp
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Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Robert Elliott
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Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Walter Huston
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Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Josephine Hutchinson
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Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Al Jolson
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Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Cullen Landis
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Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Joan Leslie
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Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
Paul Muni
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Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
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Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Eugene Pallette
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Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Stanley Ridges
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Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Franchot Tone
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Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
David Torrence
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Self (archive footage)
Harry M. Warner
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Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner
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Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
Ethel Waters
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