The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk 2007

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 USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Documentary , History

Production Companies Warner Bros. Entertainment , Turner Entertainment , Sparkhill

Release Date 2 September 2007

85 mins

Cast

Mark Hunt Narrator (voice)

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)

Buster Keaton Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable Self (archive footage)

Al Jolson Self (archive footage)

Crew

Writers

Tim Prokop

Robert S. Bader

Producer

Robert S. Bader

Executive Producer

Eric Neal Young

Cinematography

Dan Brockett

Editor

John Fitzpatrick

Music

John Massari