The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

September 02, 2007 | 85 min

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.

Genres

Documentary History

Cast

Naomi Scott

Rudy Behlmer

Naomi Scott

Jonathan Kuntz

Naomi Scott

Leonard Maltin

Naomi Scott

Vince Giordano

Naomi Scott

Rose Marie

Naomi Scott

Mickey Rooney

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