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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkThe Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

7

85 minutes

9/2/2007

Overview

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.

Cast List

  • Mark Hunt Picture

    Mark Hunt

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Scott Eyman Picture

    Scott Eyman

    as Self

  • Rudy Behlmer Picture

    Rudy Behlmer

    as Self

  • Robert Gitt Picture

    Robert Gitt

    as Self

  • Jonathan Kuntz Picture

    Jonathan Kuntz

    as Self

  • A.C. Lyles Picture

    A.C. Lyles

    as Self

  • Ben Burtt Picture

    Ben Burtt

    as Self

  • Leonard Maltin Picture

    Leonard Maltin

    as Self

  • Vince Giordano Picture

    Vince Giordano

    as Self

  • Rose Marie Picture

    Rose Marie

    as Self

  • Dane A. Davis Picture

    Dane A. Davis

    as Self

  • Sanford Green Picture

    Sanford Green

    as Self

  • Mickey Rooney Picture

    Mickey Rooney

    as Self

  • Leatrice Joy Gilbert Picture

    Leatrice Joy Gilbert

    as Self

  • Mark Vieira Picture

    Mark Vieira

    as Self

  • Suzanne Lloyd Hayes Picture

    Suzanne Lloyd Hayes

    as Self

  • Charlie Chaplin Picture

    Charlie Chaplin

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Buster Keaton Picture

    Buster Keaton

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Clark Gable Picture

    Clark Gable

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Al Jolson Picture

    Al Jolson

    as Self (archive footage)