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The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943 Directed by Jean NegulescoThis 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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Art Gilmore
....................................................Narrator (voice)
Sheldon Jett
....................................................Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
....................................................Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
....................................................Audience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni Martinelli
....................................................Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George Arliss
....................................................Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John Barrymore
....................................................Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Director
...........................................................Jean Negulesco
Producer
...........................................................Gordon Hollingshead
Writer
...........................................................James Bloodworth
Editor
...........................................................Thomas Pratt
Art Direction
...........................................................Roland E. Hill Sr.
Music
...........................................................Howard Jackson
Director of Photography
...........................................................Sidney Hickox
Production Companies
...................................................Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
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....................................................History
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