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The Voice That Thrilled the World

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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.

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Director(s): Jean Negulesco

Writer(s): James Bloodworth

Producer(s): Gordon Hollingshead

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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)

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