The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
7.0
5 votes
2007
1h 25m
Documentary
History
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.
Top cast
S
Scott Eyman
Self
Rudy Behlmer
Self
Robert Gitt
SelfJ
Jonathan Kuntz
Self
A.C. Lyles
Self
Ben Burtt
Self
Leonard Maltin
Self
Vince Giordano
Self
Rose Marie
SelfD
Dane A. Davis
SelfS
Sanford Green
Self
Mickey Rooney
Self
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
SelfM
Mark Vieira
SelfS
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes
Self
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Al Jolson
Self (archive footage)M
Mark Hunt
Narrator (voice)Details
Status
Released
Release date
September 2, 2007
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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