The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Name: The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 02 Sep 2007
Rating: 7.00
Cast: Scott Eyman, Rudy Behlmer, Robert Gitt, Jonathan Kuntz, A.C. Lyles

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.

Genre: Documentary, History
Studio: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Sparkhill, Turner Entertainment Co.
Keyword: silent film
Cast: Scott Eyman, Rudy Behlmer, Robert Gitt, Jonathan Kuntz, A.C. Lyles, Ben Burtt

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