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.
as Narrator (voice)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
as Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
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2020
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