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

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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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      Mark Hunt

      Narrator (voice)

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      Scott Eyman

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      Rudy Behlmer

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      Robert Gitt

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      Jonathan Kuntz

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      A.C. Lyles

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      Ben Burtt

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      Leonard Maltin

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      Vince Giordano

      Self

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      Rose Marie

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      Dane A. Davis

      Self

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      Sanford Green

      Self

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      Mickey Rooney

      Self

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      Leatrice Joy Gilbert

      Self

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      Mark Vieira

      Self

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      Suzanne Lloyd Hayes

      Self

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      Charlie Chaplin

      Self (archive footage)

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      Buster Keaton

      Self (archive footage)

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      Clark Gable

      Self (archive footage)

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      Al Jolson

      Self (archive footage)

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    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • silent film