The Voice That Thrilled the World
- History
- Documentary
10/16/1943
18
Storyline
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 GilmoreNarrator (voice)- Sheldon JettAudience Member (uncredited)
- Harold MillerAudience Member (uncredited)
- Edwin TuttleAudience Member (uncredited)
- Giovanni MartinelliCanio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
- George ArlissSelf (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
- John BarrymoreSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie BessererSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)- James CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
- Jeanne CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
- Gary CooperSelf (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
- Bette DavisSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
- Rosemary DeCampSelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
- Robert ElliottSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
- Walter HustonJerry Cohan (archive footage)
- Josephine HutchinsonSelf (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)