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The Voice That Thrilled the World

Release Year
1943
Runtime
18m
Genres
Documentary
History
Directed By
Jean Negulesco
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 & Crew

Cast

Sheldon Jett

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)

Gary Cooper

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

Bette Davis

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Rosemary DeCamp

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

Robert Elliott

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

Crew

Jean Negulesco

Director

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Thomas Pratt

Editor

Gordon Hollingshead

Producer

James Bloodworth

Writer

Howard Jackson

Music

Roland E. Hill Sr.

Art Direction

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