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The Voice That Thrilled the World

16 Oct 1943
18 min
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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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Harold Miller

Audience Member (uncredited)

Paul Muni

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

Josephine Hutchinson

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

Robert Elliott

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

Giovanni Martinelli

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

Eugenie Besserer

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

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Sheldon Jett

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

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Jeanne Cagney

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

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Al Jolson

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

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