The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943
18m

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6.6/10

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The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

History Short

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857.This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857.This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

277

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Art Gilmore

Narrator
(voice)

James Cagney

Self (segment "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Gary Cooper

Self (segment "Sergeant York")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sheldon Jett

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Joan Leslie

Self (segment "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Harold Miller

Audience Member at 'Don Juan'
(uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Edwin Tuttle

Audience Member
(uncredited)

Albert Warner

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Harry M. Warner

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Jack L. Warner

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sam Warner

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Jean Negulesco
Writer
- James Bloodworth
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Trivia
Vitaphone release number 1179A.

Goofs
The zoom shot on the newspaper headline "FIRST ALL-TALKING PIC STARTS" (with the subhead '"ONLY A FAD," SAY EXPERTS') shows the text, 'Warner Brothers are starting the first all-talking picture with Al Jolson in the "Jazz Singer." The production being put on in an elaborate scale is said by some of those in the know to be only a passing fad.' This statement is incorrect as The Jazz Singer (1927) was the first feature-length part-talkie film. As shown just after the newspaper fades out, Lights of New York (1928) is the first all talking picture.

Quotes
Narrator: George Eastman made the first strip film.

Connections
Featured in The Soundman (1950)

Soundtracks
Am I Blue
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Akst
Lyrics by Grant Clarke
Performed by Ethel Waters

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6/10

A nice overview of sound movies.

This short was included with the DVD set for "The Jazz Singer"--with two of the three DVDs containing wonderful extras about early sound films. This 1943 short essentially covers most of the material that is covered more in depth and in a more interesting manner in "The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk"--a truly wonderful 85 minute film about the history of sound films. This short is only about 20 minutes and seems a bit rushed and superficial--but it does show a few really nice clips from the earliest sound films--more even than were in "The Dawn of Sound". My advice is that if you must see one film, see "The Dawn of Sound" but if you are a crazy film nut like me, see them both--they are both exceptionally interesting and important films.