The Voice That Thrilled the World

The Voice That Thrilled the World

🎞️ Movie 18 min US
โ˜… 6.5 /10 1943

Warner Brothers pays tribute to the history of sound recording, to talking pictures, and to itself. Fresh from its "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Oscar for sound, Warner Brothers celebrates those who's work brought the world from research to sound recordings and from there to a movie with a musical score ("Don Juan"), film with synchronized sound ("Jazz Singer" and "Vesti la giubba"), and the first all-talking picture, "Lights of New York." Film clips celebrate Ethel Waters' singing, Paul Muni's biopics, Bette Davis and Gary Cooper's Oscars (plus Sgt. York speaking English, French, and Italian), and World War II newsreels and training films. Cagney's Oscar: 100 years in development.

Cast

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Art Gilmore
Narrator
James Cagney
James Cagney
Self
Self (segment: Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
Self
Self (segment: Sergeant York)
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Sheldon Jett
Audience Member
Joan Leslie
Joan Leslie
Self
Self (segment: Yankee Doodle Dandy)
Harold Miller
Harold Miller
Audience Member at 'Don Juan'
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Self
Self
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Edwin Tuttle
Audience Member
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Sidney Hickox
Cinematographer