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Overview
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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Score Distribution
Details
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 18m
- Release Date
- October 16, 1943
- Languages
- English
- Director
- Production
- Production Countries
- United States of America
Cast
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice)
Sheldon Jett
Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
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)