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1943

THE VOICE THAT THRILLED THE WORLD

History
Documentary
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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.

Director: Jean Negulesco
Runtime: 18 minutes
Budget: $0
Box Office: $0
Vote Average: 53

Cast

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Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

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Sheldon Jett

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Edwin Tuttle

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Giovanni Martinelli

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

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George Arliss

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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John Barrymore

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

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Eugenie Besserer

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

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James Cagney

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

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Jeanne Cagney

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

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Gary Cooper

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

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Bette Davis

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

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Rosemary DeCamp

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

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Robert Elliott

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

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Walter Huston

Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

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Josephine Hutchinson

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

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Al Jolson

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

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Cullen Landis

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

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Joan Leslie

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

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Paul Muni

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

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Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

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Eugene Pallette

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

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Stanley Ridges

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

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Franchot Tone

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

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David Torrence

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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Harry M. Warner

Self (archive footage)

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Jack L. Warner

Self (archive footage)

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Ethel Waters

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

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