The Voice That Thrilled the World

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.

Cast

Art Gilmore

Played Narrator (voice)
Sheldon Jett

Played Audience Member (unc…
Harold Miller

Played Audience Member (unc…
Edwin Tuttle

Played Audience Member (unc…
Giovanni Martinelli

Played Canio in 'Pagliacci'…
George Arliss

Played Self (segment 'Disra…
John Barrymore

Played Self (segments 'Don …
Eugenie Besserer

Played Self (segment 'The J…
James Cagney

Played Self (segment 'Yanke…
Jeanne Cagney

Played Self (segment 'Yanke…
Gary Cooper

Played Self (segment 'Serge…
Bette Davis

Played Self (segment 'Dange…
Rosemary DeCamp

Played Self (segment 'Yanke…
Robert Elliott

Played Self (segment 'Light…
Walter Huston

Played Jerry Cohan (archive…
Josephine Hutchinson

Played Self (segment 'The S…
Al Jolson

Played Self (segment 'The J…
Cullen Landis

Played Self (segment 'Light…
Joan Leslie

Played Self (segment 'Yanke…
Paul Muni

Played Self ('Story of Past…
Benito Mussolini

Played Self (archive footag…
Eugene Pallette

Played Self (segment 'Light…
Stanley Ridges

Played Self (segment 'Serge…
Franchot Tone

Played Self (segment 'Dange…
David Torrence

Played Self (segment 'Disra…
Harry M. Warner

Played Self (archive footag…
Jack L. Warner

Played Self (archive footag…
Ethel Waters

Played Self (segment 'On wi…

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