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  • The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
  • Video | 85 min | Documentary
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Video | 85 min | Documentary

The nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures is the backdrop for this insightful documentary. Film historians, and survivors from the era take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the...See moreThe nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures is the backdrop for this insightful documentary. Film historians, and survivors from the era take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the joined forces of Western Electric and Warner Bros. who, with their Vitaphone process,revolutionized the entertainment industry, perhaps more than any time before or since. Written by Anonymous See less
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Robert S. Bader (written by) (as Robert Bader) | Tim Prokop
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Robert S. Bader (as Robert Bader)
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Sep 2, 2007 (United States)

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61 cast members
Name Known for
Mark Hunt
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Ron Hutchinson
Self - The Vitaphone Project Self - The Vitaphone Project   See fewer
Scott Eyman
Self - Author 'The Speed of Sound' Self - Author 'The Speed of Sound'   See fewer
Rudy Behlmer
Self - Film Historian / Author Self - Film Historian / Author   See fewer
Jack Stanley
Self - Thomas Edison Menlo Park Museum Self - Thomas Edison Menlo Park Museum   See fewer
Robert Gitt
Self - UCLA Film & Television Archive Self - UCLA Film & Television Archive   See fewer
Emily Thompson
Self - Professor of History, Princeton University Self - Professor of History, Princeton University   See fewer
Jonathan Kuntz
Self - UCLA Film Historian Self - UCLA Film Historian   See fewer
Jack Warner Jr.
Self - Son of Jack L. Warner (archive footage) Self - Son of Jack L. Warner (archive footage)   See fewer
A.C. Lyles
Self - Producer, Paramount Pictures Self - Producer, Paramount Pictures   See fewer
Ben Burtt
Self - Sound Designer / Director Self - Sound Designer / Director   See fewer
Leonard Maltin
Self - Film Critic / Historian Self - Film Critic / Historian   See fewer
Eileen McHugh
Self - Director, Case Research Lab Museum Self - Director, Case Research Lab Museum   See fewer
Vince Giordano
Self - Band Leader, 'Vince Giordano's Nighthawks' Self - Band Leader, 'Vince Giordano's Nighthawks'   See fewer
Thelma White
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Rose Marie
Self - Broadway / Television Star Self - Broadway / Television Star   See fewer
Dane A. Davis
Self - Movie Sound Designer Self - Movie Sound Designer   See fewer
Sanford Green
Self - Vitaphone Studio Musician / Composer Self - Vitaphone Studio Musician / Composer   See fewer
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Mickey Rooney
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
Anita Page
Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Self - Daughter of John Gilbert (as Leatrice Fountain) Self - Daughter of John Gilbert (as Leatrice Fountain)   See fewer
Mark Vieira
Self - Author, 'Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy' (as Mark A. Vieira) Self - Author, 'Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy' (as Mark A. Vieira)   See fewer
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes
Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd) Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd)   See fewer
Gracie Allen
Gracie the Girlfriend (archive footage) (as Allen) Gracie the Girlfriend (archive footage) (as Allen)   See fewer
John Barrymore
Don Juan de Marana (archive footage) Don Juan de Marana (archive footage)   See fewer
Eubie Blake
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
George Burns
George the Boyfriend (archive footage) (as Burns) George the Boyfriend (archive footage) (as Burns)   See fewer
Eddie Cantor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Anna Case
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Theodore Case
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Chaplin
Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber (archive footage) Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber (archive footage)   See fewer
Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lee De Forest
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William K.L. Dickson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison) Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison)   See fewer
Mischa Elman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Foy Family
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Clark Gable
McKinley B. Thompson (archive footage) McKinley B. Thompson (archive footage)   See fewer
Greta Garbo
Self / Anna Christie / Christina (archive footage) Self / Anna Christie / Christina (archive footage)   See fewer
John Gilbert
Self / Antonio (archive footage) Self / Antonio (archive footage)   See fewer
Hazel Green
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
D.W. Griffith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Eugene Howard
Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers)   See fewer
Willie Howard
Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers)   See fewer
Al Jolson
Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage)   See fewer
Hedy Lamarr
Theodore (archive footage) Theodore (archive footage)   See fewer
Sam Lee
Self (archive footage) (as Lee) Self (archive footage) (as Lee)   See fewer
Giovanni Martinelli
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (archive footage) Canio in 'Pagliacci' (archive footage)   See fewer
Abbey Mitchell
Self (archive footage) (as Abbie Mitchell) Self (archive footage) (as Abbie Mitchell)   See fewer
Mary Pickford
Self / Norma Besant (archive footage) Self / Norma Besant (archive footage)   See fewer
Georgie Price
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Al Shaw
Self (archive footage) (as Shaw) Self (archive footage) (as Shaw)   See fewer
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Monroe Silver
Cohen (archive footage) Cohen (archive footage)   See fewer
Roy Smeck
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles R. Taggart
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sol Violinsky
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gus Visser
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mrs. Thomas Ward
Self (archive footage) (as Fanny Ward) Self (archive footage) (as Fanny Ward)   See fewer
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