The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943-10-16 United States of America 18 minutes.

5.30 3 votes

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.

Year 1943

Studio Warner Bros. Pictures

Director Jean Negulesco

Crew Thomas Pratt (Editor), James Bloodworth (Writer), Gordon Hollingshead (Producer), Jean Negulesco (Director), Roland E. Hill Sr. (Art Direction), Howard Jackson (Music)

Popularity 6

Language English

Cast

Art Gilmore is Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Audience Member (uncredited)

Harold Miller is Audience Member (uncredited)

Audience Member (uncredited)

Audience Member (uncredited)

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

Giovanni Martinelli

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

George Arliss is Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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

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

Eugenie Besserer is Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

Eugenie Besserer

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

James Cagney is Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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

Jeanne Cagney is Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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

Gary Cooper is Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

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

Bette Davis is Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp is Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp

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

Robert Elliott is Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

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

Walter Huston is Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

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

Josephine Hutchinson

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

Al Jolson is Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

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

Cullen Landis is Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

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

Joan Leslie is Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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

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

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

Benito Mussolini is Self (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Eugene Pallette is Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

Eugene Pallette

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

Stanley Ridges is Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

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

Franchot Tone is Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

David Torrence is Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

Harry M. Warner

Self (archive footage)

Jack L. Warner is Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

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

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

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