Movie Description
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
(2007)Overview
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
Featured Crew
- Producer : Robert S. Bader
- Writer : Robert S. Bader,Tim Prokop
- Editor : John Fitzpatrick
- Cast : Mark Hunt,Scott Eyman,Rudy Behlmer,Robert Gitt,Jonathan Kuntz,A.C. Lyles,Ben Burtt,Leonard Maltin,Vince Giordano,Rose Marie,Dane A. Davis,Sanford Green,Mickey Rooney,Leatrice Joy Gilbert,Mark Vieira,Suzanne Lloyd Hayes,Charlie Chaplin,Buster Keaton,Clark Gable,Al Jolson
Cast
Narrator (voice)
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Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Meander
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The Stylist
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War
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Facts
Original TitleThe Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Status Released
Release Information
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2007-09-02
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 25m
Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Entertainment,Sparkhill,Turner Entertainment
Genres
- Documentary
- History
