Film
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 · 1h 25m · Documentary · History
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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.
Cast
Scott Eyman
Self

Rudy Behlmer
Self

Robert Gitt
Self
Jonathan Kuntz
Self

A.C. Lyles
Self

Ben Burtt
Self

Leonard Maltin
Self

Vince Giordano
Self

Rose Marie
Self
Dane A. Davis
Self
Sanford Green
Self

Mickey Rooney
Self

Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Self
Mark Vieira
Self
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes
Self

Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Robert S. BaderWriter · Producer
- Tim ProkopWriter
- Eric Neal YoungExecutive Producer
- Dan BrockettDirector of Photography
- John FitzpatrickEditor
Details
- Release date
- September 2, 2007
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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