This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
Written by
James Bloodworth
George Arliss
Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
Cullen Landis
Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Giovanni Martinelli
Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
Harold Miller
Audience Member (uncredited)
Josephine Hutchinson
Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)