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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)

2007-09-02

(US) •

Documentary,

History

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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.

Movie Cast

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Mark Hunt

Narrator (voice)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Scott Eyman

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Rudy Behlmer

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Robert Gitt

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Jonathan Kuntz

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

A.C. Lyles

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Ben Burtt

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Leonard Maltin

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Vince Giordano

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Rose Marie

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Dane A. Davis

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Sanford Green

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Mickey Rooney

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Mark Vieira

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Suzanne Lloyd Hayes

Self

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Al Jolson

Self (archive footage)