The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

History Documentary

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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  • Release Date: 1943-10-16
  • Runtime: 0h 18min
  • Director: Jean Negulesco

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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)

  • Gary Cooper

    Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

  • Bette Davis

    Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

  • Rosemary DeCamp

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

  • Robert Elliott

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

  • Walter Huston

    Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

  • Josephine Hutchinson

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

  • Al Jolson

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

  • Cullen Landis

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

  • Joan Leslie

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

  • Paul Muni

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

  • Benito Mussolini

    Self (archive footage)

  • Eugene Pallette

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

  • Stanley Ridges

    Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)

  • Franchot Tone

    Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

  • David Torrence

    Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

  • Harry M. Warner

    Self (archive footage)

  • Jack L. Warner

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ethel Waters

    Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)

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