The Voice That Thrilled the World

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The Voice That Thrilled the World

History

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Documentary

6/10

1943

18

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.

Narrator (voice)

Audience Member (uncredited)

Audience Member (uncredited)

Audience Member (uncredited)

Giovanni Martinelli

Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)

Giovanni Martinelli

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

Eugenie Besserer

Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

Eugenie Besserer

Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp

Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp

Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

Josephine Hutchinson

Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)

Josephine Hutchinson

Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Eugene Pallette

Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

Eugene Pallette

Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

Harry M. Warner

Self (archive footage)

Harry M. Warner

Self (archive footage)

Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)

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