The Voice That Thrilled the World
HistoryDocumentary

The Voice That Thrilled the World

6
IMDb
🕐 18 min 📅 1943-10-16 PG-13
🌐 EN

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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Director

Jean Negulesco

Year

1943

Category

Hollywood

Ratings & scores.

IMDb Rating

6 /10

Rotten Tomatoes

60% 🍅

Metacritic

60 /100

Cast & crew.

🎭

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice)

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Sheldon Jett

Audience Member (uncredited)

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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)

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John Barrymore

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

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Eugenie Besserer

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

Available qualities.

1080p

1.5GB

720p

800MB

Where to watch.

Netflix
Amazon Prime

Box office & stats.

Budget

N/A

Worldwide

N/A

Runtime

18 min

Release

1943-10-16