The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

Summary

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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Cast
Crew

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)
Al Jolson

as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
Cullen Landis

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Joan Leslie

as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Paul Muni

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

as Self (archive footage)
Eugene Pallette

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Stanley Ridges

as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Franchot Tone

as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
David Torrence

as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Harry M. Warner

as Self (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner

as Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters

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

Directing	Jean Negulesco	Director
Writing	James Bloodworth	Writer
Production	Gordon Hollingshead	Producer
Editing	Thomas Pratt	Editor
Art	Roland E. Hill Sr.	Art Direction
Sound	Howard Jackson	Music
Camera	Sidney Hickox	Director of Photography

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

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