The Voice That Thrilled the World
movie
Released October 16, 1943
Genres:
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.
Cast
Art Gilmore
as
Narrator (voice)
- no image
Sheldon Jett
as
Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as
Audience Member (uncredited)
- no image
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)
