The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)
19430h 18mHistoryDocumentary
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
Art GilmoreNarrator (voice)- SSheldon JettAudience Member (uncredited)
Harold MillerAudience Member (uncredited)- EEdwin TuttleAudience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni MartinelliCanio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George ArlissSelf (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John BarrymoreSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie BessererSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
James CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Gary CooperSelf (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Bette DavisSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCampSelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Robert ElliottSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Walter HustonJerry Cohan (archive footage)
Josephine HutchinsonSelf (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Al JolsonSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Cullen LandisSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Jean Negulesco
- Writers
- James Bloodworth
- Producers
- Gordon Hollingshead
- Cinematography
- Sidney Hickox
- Editing
- Thomas Pratt
Details
- Released
- October 16, 1943
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- IMDb
- tt0153585