The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
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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Cast
- Art Gilmore — Narrator (voice)
- Sheldon Jett — Audience Member (uncredited)
- Harold Miller — Audience Member (uncredited)
- Edwin Tuttle — Audience Member (uncredited)
- Giovanni Martinelli — Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
- George Arliss — Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
- John Barrymore — Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
- Eugenie Besserer — Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
- James Cagney — Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
- Jeanne Cagney — Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
- Gary Cooper — Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
- Bette Davis — Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
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