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The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

★ 6.0/10•1943•18m•History•Documentary

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.

James Bloodworth · Writer

Jean Negulesco · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime18m
LanguageEN
Release DateOct 16, 1943

Actors

Art Gilmore

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

Sheldon Jett

Audience Member (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Audience Member (uncredited)

Edwin Tuttle

Audience Member (uncredited)

Giovanni Martinelli

Giovanni Martinelli

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

George Arliss

George Arliss

Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

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

Eugenie Besserer

Eugenie Besserer

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

James Cagney

James Cagney

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

Jeanne Cagney

Jeanne Cagney

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

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

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

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp

Rosemary DeCamp

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

Robert Elliott

Robert Elliott

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

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

Josephine Hutchinson

Josephine Hutchinson

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

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