The Voice That Thrilled the World
Jean Negulesco1943-10-16
5.3
18 min
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.
Cast
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Art Gilmore | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Sheldon Jett | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Harold Miller | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Edwin Tuttle | Audience Member (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Giovanni Martinelli | Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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George Arliss | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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John Barrymore | Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eugenie Besserer | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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James Cagney | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jeanne Cagney | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Gary Cooper | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bette Davis | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Rosemary DeCamp | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Robert Elliott | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Walter Huston | Jerry Cohan (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Josephine Hutchinson | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Al Jolson | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cullen Landis | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Joan Leslie | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Paul Muni | Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Benito Mussolini | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Eugene Pallette | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Stanley Ridges | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Franchot Tone | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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David Torrence | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Harry M. Warner | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Jack L. Warner | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Ethel Waters | Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) | Unowned |