16 October 1943 History, Factual 18 mins
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)
Sheldon Jett as Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle as Audience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni Martinelli as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George Arliss as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John Barrymore as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
James Cagney as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne Cagney as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Gary Cooper as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Bette Davis as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Rosemary DeCamp as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Robert Elliott as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Walter Huston as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
Josephine Hutchinson as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Gordon Hollingshead Producer
James Bloodworth Writer
Roland E. Hill Sr. Art Direction
Thomas Pratt Editor
Jean Negulesco Director
Howard Jackson Music
Sidney Hickox Director of Photography
United States 16 October 1943
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