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

2007-09-02 | 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

Scott Eyman

Scott Eyman

Rudy Behlmer

Rudy Behlmer

Robert Gitt

Robert Gitt

Jonathan Kuntz

Jonathan Kuntz

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles

Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Vince Giordano

Vince Giordano

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