The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk - Production & Contact Info

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61 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark Hunt Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Animated Hero Classics (1991)
Ron Hutchinson Self - The Vitaphone Project Self - The Vitaphone Project See fewer	The Irish in America: Long Journey Home (1998)
Scott Eyman Self - Author 'The Speed of Sound' Self - Author 'The Speed of Sound' See fewer	Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
Rudy Behlmer Self - Film Historian / Author Self - Film Historian / Author See fewer	The Ray Anthony Show (1956)
Jack Stanley Self - Thomas Edison Menlo Park Museum Self - Thomas Edison Menlo Park Museum See fewer	The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Robert Gitt Self - UCLA Film & Television Archive Self - UCLA Film & Television Archive See fewer	Charles Laughton Directs 'the Night of the Hunter' (2002)
Emily Thompson Self - Professor of History, Princeton University Self - Professor of History, Princeton University See fewer	The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Jonathan Kuntz Self - UCLA Film Historian Self - UCLA Film Historian See fewer	Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
Jack Warner Jr. Self - Son of Jack L. Warner (archive footage) Self - Son of Jack L. Warner (archive footage) See fewer	Brushfire (1962)
A.C. Lyles Self - Producer, Paramount Pictures Self - Producer, Paramount Pictures See fewer	The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Ben Burtt Self - Sound Designer / Director Self - Sound Designer / Director See fewer	WALL·E (2008)
Leonard Maltin Self - Film Critic / Historian Self - Film Critic / Historian See fewer	Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Eileen McHugh Self - Director, Case Research Lab Museum Self - Director, Case Research Lab Museum See fewer	The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Vince Giordano Self - Band Leader, 'Vince Giordano's Nighthawks' Self - Band Leader, 'Vince Giordano's Nighthawks' See fewer	Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Thelma White Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Reefer Madness (1936)
Rose Marie Self - Broadway / Television Star Self - Broadway / Television Star See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Dane A. Davis Self - Movie Sound Designer Self - Movie Sound Designer See fewer	Treasure Planet (2002)
Sanford Green Self - Vitaphone Studio Musician / Composer Self - Vitaphone Studio Musician / Composer See fewer	An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Self - Actor (archive footage) Self - Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Wings (1927)
Mickey Rooney Self - Actor Self - Actor See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Anita Page Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Leatrice Joy Gilbert Self - Daughter of John Gilbert (as Leatrice Fountain) Self - Daughter of John Gilbert (as Leatrice Fountain) See fewer	Of Human Hearts (1938)
Mark Vieira Self - Author, 'Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy' (as Mark A. Vieira) Self - Author, 'Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy' (as Mark A. Vieira) See fewer	Summerspell (1983)
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd) Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd) See fewer	Safety Last! (1923)
Gracie Allen Gracie the Girlfriend (archive footage) (as Allen) Gracie the Girlfriend (archive footage) (as Allen) See fewer	A Damsel in Distress (1937)
John Barrymore Don Juan de Marana (archive footage) Don Juan de Marana (archive footage) See fewer	Don Juan (1926)
Eubie Blake Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Girl (1991)
George Burns George the Boyfriend (archive footage) (as Burns) George the Boyfriend (archive footage) (as Burns) See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Eddie Cantor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kid Millions (1934)
Anna Case Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hidden Truth (1919)
Theodore Case Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Theodore Case Test Film (1925)
Charles Chaplin Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber (archive footage) Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Dictator (1940)
Calvin Coolidge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930)
Lee De Forest Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Phonofilm (1923)
William K.L. Dickson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sandow (1896)
Thomas A. Edison Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison) Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison) See fewer	The Trick Cyclist (1901)
Mischa Elman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	J7 Productions: Award-Winning Cirque Entertainment and Production Services (2021)
The Foy Family Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	The Foys for Joys (1928)
Clark Gable McKinley B. Thompson (archive footage) McKinley B. Thompson (archive footage) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
Greta Garbo Self / Anna Christie / Christina (archive footage) Self / Anna Christie / Christina (archive footage) See fewer	Ninotchka (1939)
John Gilbert Self / Antonio (archive footage) Self / Antonio (archive footage) See fewer	Love (1927)
Hazel Green Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hazel Green & Company (1927)
D.W. Griffith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Eugene Howard Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) See fewer	Between the Acts at the Opera (1926)
Willie Howard Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers) See fewer	The Smart Way (1937)
Al Jolson Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Hedy Lamarr Theodore (archive footage) Theodore (archive footage) See fewer	Samson and Delilah (1949)
Sam Lee Self (archive footage) (as Lee) Self (archive footage) (as Lee) See fewer	Detective Lloyd (1932)
Giovanni Martinelli Canio in 'Pagliacci' (archive footage) Canio in 'Pagliacci' (archive footage) See fewer	The Temple Scene from 'Aida' (1930)
Abbey Mitchell Self (archive footage) (as Abbie Mitchell) Self (archive footage) (as Abbie Mitchell) See fewer	Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
Mary Pickford Self / Norma Besant (archive footage) Self / Norma Besant (archive footage) See fewer	Coquette (1929)
Georgie Price Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Soft Drinks and Sweet Music (1934)
Al Shaw Self (archive footage) (as Shaw) Self (archive footage) (as Shaw) See fewer	The Beau Brummels (1928)
George Bernard Shaw Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Monroe Silver Cohen (archive footage) Cohen (archive footage) See fewer	Cohen on the Telephone (1923)
Roy Smeck Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Song of Love and Health (2009)
Charles R. Taggart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Charles R. Taggart, 'the Old Country Fiddler' at the Singing School (1923)
Sol Violinsky Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Night in a Dormitory (1930)
Gus Visser Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mrs. Thomas Ward Self (archive footage) (as Fanny Ward) Self (archive footage) (as Fanny Ward) See fewer	Camille (II) (1926)