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.
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
Sheldon Jett
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Giovanni Martinelli
as Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
George Arliss
as Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage)
John Barrymore
as Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
James Cagney
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Jeanne Cagney
as Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
as Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage)
Bette Davis
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
