The Voice That Thrilled the World

Name: The Voice That Thrilled the World
Released: 1943
Cast: Ethel Waters, Jack L. Warner, Harry M. Warner, David Torrence, Franchot Tone

1943

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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Critics Contributing

Performances

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Al Jolson

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

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Art Gilmore

as Narrator (voice)

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Benito Mussolini

as Self (archive footage)

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Bette Davis

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

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Cullen Landis

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

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David Torrence

as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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Ethel Waters

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

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Eugene Pallette

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

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Eugenie Besserer

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

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Franchot Tone

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

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Gary Cooper

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

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George Arliss

as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)

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Giovanni Martinelli

as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)

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Harry M. Warner

as Self (archive footage)

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Jack L. Warner

as Self (archive footage)

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James Cagney

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

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Jeanne Cagney

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

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Joan Leslie

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

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John Barrymore

as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)

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Josephine Hutchinson

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

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Paul Muni

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

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Robert Elliott

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

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Rosemary DeCamp

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

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1943

Stanley Ridges

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

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1943

Walter Huston

as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)