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.

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Scott Eyman Self

Rudy Behlmer Self

Robert Gitt Self

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Jonathan Kuntz Self

A.C. Lyles Self

Ben Burtt Self

Leonard Maltin Self

Vince Giordano Self

Rose Marie Self

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Dane A. Davis Self

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Sanford Green Self

Mickey Rooney Self

Leatrice Joy Gilbert Self

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Mark Vieira Self

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