The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

18 mins | History | Jan. 1, 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.

The Voice That Thrilled the World

18 mins | History | Jan. 1, 1943

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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Voice That Thrilled the World
Directors Jean Negulesco
Writers James Bloodworth

Cast

Art Gilmore

as Narrator (voice)

Sheldon Jett

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Edwin Tuttle

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Giovanni Martinelli

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

George Arliss

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

John Barrymore

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

Eugenie Besserer

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

James Cagney

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

Jeanne Cagney

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

Gary Cooper

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

Bette Davis

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

Rosemary DeCamp

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

Robert Elliott

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

Walter Huston

as Jerry Cohan (archive footage)

Josephine Hutchinson

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

Al Jolson

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

Cullen Landis

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

Joan Leslie

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

Paul Muni

as Himself (segments 'The Story of Louis Pasteur' and 'The Life of Emile Zola') (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

as Himself (archive footage)

Eugene Pallette

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

Stanley Ridges

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

Franchot Tone

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

David Torrence

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

Harry M. Warner

as Himself (archive footage)

Jack L. Warner

as Himself (archive footage)

Ethel Waters

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