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

7.0

1 hr 25 min

2007-09-02

5

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.

Documentary

History

Trailers

Characters

Scott Eyman

Scott Eyman

Self

Rudy Behlmer

Rudy Behlmer

Self

Robert Gitt

Robert Gitt

Self

Jonathan Kuntz

Jonathan Kuntz

Self

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles

Self

Ben Burtt

Ben Burtt

Self

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