The Voice That Thrilled the World
(1943)

Released: 1943-10-16

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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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Art Gilmore

as Narrator (voice)

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Sheldon Jett

as Audience Member (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

as Audience Member (uncredited)

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Edwin Tuttle

as Audience Member (uncredited)

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Giovanni Martinelli

as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)

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George Arliss

as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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John Barrymore

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

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Eugenie Besserer

as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

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James Cagney

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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Jeanne Cagney

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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Gary Cooper

as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

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Bette Davis

as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

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Rosemary DeCamp

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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Robert Elliott

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

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Walter Huston

as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

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Josephine Hutchinson

as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)

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Al Jolson

as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)

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Cullen Landis

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

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Joan Leslie

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)

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Paul Muni

as Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)

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