The Voice That Thrilled the World

Movie

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.

Date: 10/16/1943

Rating: 5.3

Cast: Art Gilmore, Sheldon Jett, Harold Miller, Edwin Tuttle, Giovanni Martinelli, George Arliss, John Barrymore, Eugenie Besserer, James Cagney, Jeanne Cagney, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Rosemary DeCamp, Robert Elliott, Walter Huston, Josephine Hutchinson, Al Jolson, Cullen Landis, Joan Leslie, Paul Muni, Benito Mussolini, Eugene Pallette, Stanley Ridges, Franchot Tone, David Torrence, Harry M. Warner, Jack L. Warner, Ethel Waters

Art Gilmore

Sheldon Jett

Harold Miller