The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

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2007
1h 25m
7.0(5 votes)
Documentary
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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.

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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Sparkhill
Turner Entertainment Co.

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20 members
Acting

Mark Hunt

Narrator (voice)

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Writing

Scott Eyman

Self

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Acting

Rudy Behlmer

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Rudy Behlmer
Directing

Robert Gitt

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Robert Gitt
Acting

Jonathan Kuntz

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Production

A.C. Lyles

Self

A.C. Lyles
Sound

Ben Burtt

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Ben Burtt
Acting

Leonard Maltin

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Leonard Maltin
Acting

Vince Giordano

Self

Vince Giordano
Acting

Rose Marie

Self

Rose Marie
Sound

Dane A. Davis

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Dane A. Davis
Sound

Sanford Green

Self

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Mickey Rooney

Self

Mickey Rooney
Acting

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

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Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Acting

Mark Vieira

Self

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Suzanne Lloyd Hayes

Self

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Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin
Directing

Buster Keaton

Self (archive footage)

Buster Keaton
Acting

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable
Acting

Al Jolson

Self (archive footage)

Al Jolson

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