A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.
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Renée Adorée as Self (archive footage)
Gilbert M. Anderson as Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
Theda Bara as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
Jackson Beck as Narrator
Lionel Barrymore as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Cecil B. DeMille as Self (archive footage)
George Schaefer as Self (archive footage)
The March of Time (1938-1939 season) #12: The Movies March On Trailer
The March of Time (Volume 5, No. 12): : The Movies March On Trailer
United States 03 July 1939
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