Genres
Duration
18 min
Director
Jean Negulesco
Rating
5.3
Release Date
October 15, 1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Original title: The Voice That Thrilled the World
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We couldn’t find any streaming platforms offering this title right now.Synopsis The Voice That Thrilled the World
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.
The Voice That Thrilled the World cast
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Art Gilmore
Character:
Narrator (voice)
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Sheldon Jett
Character:
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Harold Miller
Character:
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Edwin Tuttle
Character:
Audience Member (uncredited)
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Giovanni Martinelli
Character:
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
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George Arliss
Character:
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
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John Barrymore
Character:
Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
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Eugenie Besserer
Character:
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
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James Cagney
Character:
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
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Jeanne Cagney
Character:
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
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Gary Cooper
Character:
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
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Bette Davis
Character:
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
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Rosemary DeCamp
Character:
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
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Robert Elliott
Character:
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
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Walter Huston
Character:
Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
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Josephine Hutchinson
Character:
Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
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Al Jolson
Character:
Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
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Cullen Landis
Character:
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
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Joan Leslie
Character:
Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
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Paul Muni
Character:
Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
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Benito Mussolini
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Eugene Pallette
Character:
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
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Stanley Ridges
Character:
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
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Franchot Tone
Character:
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
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David Torrence
Character:
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
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Harry M. Warner
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Jack L. Warner
Character:
Self (archive footage)
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Ethel Waters
Character:
Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
