The Voice That Thrilled the World

Duration: 18 min
Release date: 1943-10-16
IMDB

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.

History Documentary

The Voice That Thrilled the World

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