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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Nan

1h 25m

2007

7 /10 (5)

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.

Country : United States of America

Genre : Documentary, History

Languages : English

Released Date: 2007-09-02

Cast : Mark Hunt, Scott Eyman, Rudy Behlmer, Robert Gitt, Jonathan Kuntz, A.C. Lyles

Director : Dan Brockett, John Fitzpatrick, John Massari, Robert S. Bader, Eric Neal Young, Robert S. Bader

Top Billed Cast

Mark Hunt

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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

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Rose Marie

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Dane A. Davis

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Sanford Green

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Mickey Rooney

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Leatrice Joy Gilbert

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Mark Vieira

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Suzanne Lloyd Hayes

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