Movie Description
The Voice That Thrilled the World
(1943)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Jean Negulesco
- Producer : Gordon Hollingshead
- Writer : James Bloodworth
- Editor : Thomas Pratt
- Cast : Art Gilmore,Sheldon Jett,Harold Miller,Edwin Tuttle,Giovanni Martinelli,George Arliss,John Barrymore,Eugenie Besserer,James Cagney,Jeanne Cagney,Gary Cooper,Bette Davis,Rosemary DeCamp,Robert Elliott,Walter Huston,Josephine Hutchinson,Al Jolson,Cullen Landis,Joan Leslie,Paul Muni,Benito Mussolini,Eugene Pallette,Stanley Ridges,Franchot Tone,David Torrence,Harry M. Warner,Jack L. Warner,Ethel Waters
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Voice That Thrilled the World
Status Released
Release Information
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1943-10-16
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 18m
Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Pictures
Genres
- History
- Documentary
