The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Name: The Voice That Thrilled the World
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1943-10-16
Duration: 18 min
Cast: Art Gilmore, Sheldon Jett, Harold Miller, Edwin Tuttle, Giovanni Martinelli

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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Released 1943-10-16 · 18 min · History, Documentary

Directed by Jean Negulesco

Cast

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)