The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
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.
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Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Sheldon Jett
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni Martinelli
as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George Arliss
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John Barrymore
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
James Cagney
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne Cagney
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Bette Davis
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCamp
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Robert Elliott
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Walter Huston
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Josephine Hutchinson
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Al Jolson
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Cullen Landis
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Joan Leslie
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Paul Muni
as Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
as Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Eugene Pallette
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Stanley Ridges
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Franchot Tone
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
David Torrence
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Harry M. Warner
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
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Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Producer
James Bloodworth
Writer
Writer
Roland E. Hill Sr.
Art Direction
Art Direction
Thomas Pratt
Editor
Editor
Jean Negulesco
Director
Director
Howard Jackson
Music
Music
Sidney Hickox
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
