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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (Video 2007) Poster

(2007 Video)

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Robert S. Bader ... (written by) (as Robert Bader)
Tim Prokop

Cast (in credits order)  

Mark Hunt Mark Hunt ... Narrator (voice)
Ron Hutchinson Ron Hutchinson ... Self - The Vitaphone Project
Scott Eyman Scott Eyman ... Self - Author 'The Speed of Sound'
Rudy Behlmer ... Self - Film Historian / Author
Jack Stanley Jack Stanley ... Self - Thomas Edison Menlo Park Museum
Robert Gitt Robert Gitt ... Self - UCLA Film & Television Archive
Emily Thompson Emily Thompson ... Self - Professor of History, Princeton University
Jonathan Kuntz Jonathan Kuntz ... Self - UCLA Film Historian
Jack Warner Jr. Jack Warner Jr. ... Self - Son of Jack L. Warner (archive footage)
A.C. Lyles ... Self - Producer, Paramount Pictures
Ben Burtt ... Self - Sound Designer / Director
Leonard Maltin ... Self - Film Critic / Historian
Eileen McHugh Eileen McHugh ... Self - Director, Case Research Lab Museum
Vince Giordano ... Self - Band Leader, 'Vince Giordano's Nighthawks'
Thelma White ... Self (archive footage)
Rose Marie ... Self - Broadway / Television Star
Dane A. Davis ... Self - Movie Sound Designer
Sanford Green Sanford Green ... Self - Vitaphone Studio Musician / Composer
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers ... Self - Actor (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney ... Self - Actor
Anita Page ... Self - Actress (archive footage)
Leatrice Joy Gilbert ... Self - Daughter of John Gilbert (as Leatrice Fountain)
Mark Vieira ... Self - Author, 'Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy' (as Mark A. Vieira)
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes Suzanne Lloyd Hayes ... Self - Granddaughter of Harold Lloyd (as Suzanne Lloyd)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gracie Allen ... Gracie the Girlfriend (archive footage) (as Allen)
John Barrymore ... Don Juan de Marana (archive footage)
Eubie Blake ... Self (archive footage)
George Burns ... George the Boyfriend (archive footage) (as Burns)
Eddie Cantor ... Self (archive footage)
Anna Case ... Self (archive footage)
Theodore Case Theodore Case ... Self (archive footage)
Charles Chaplin ... Hynkel - Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber (archive footage)
Calvin Coolidge ... Self (archive footage)
Lee De Forest Lee De Forest ... Self (archive footage)
William K.L. Dickson ... Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison ... Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison)
Mischa Elman ... Self (archive footage)
The Foy Family The Foy Family ... Themselves (archive footage)
Clark Gable ... McKinley B. Thompson (archive footage)
Greta Garbo ... Self / Anna Christie / Christina (archive footage)
John Gilbert ... Self / Antonio (archive footage)
Hazel Green Hazel Green ... Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith ... Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler ... Self (archive footage)
Eugene Howard ... Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers)
Willie Howard ... Self (archive footage) (as Howard Brothers)
Al Jolson ... Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr ... Theodore (archive footage)
Sam Lee Sam Lee ... Self (archive footage) (as Lee)
Giovanni Martinelli ... Canio in 'Pagliacci' (archive footage)
Abbey Mitchell Abbey Mitchell ... Self (archive footage) (as Abbie Mitchell)
Mary Pickford ... Self / Norma Besant (archive footage)
Georgie Price Georgie Price ... Self (archive footage)
Al Shaw Al Shaw ... Self (archive footage) (as Shaw)
George Bernard Shaw ... Self (archive footage)
Monroe Silver Monroe Silver ... Cohen (archive footage)
Roy Smeck ... Self (archive footage)
Charles R. Taggart Charles R. Taggart ... Self (archive footage)
Sol Violinsky Sol Violinsky ... Self (archive footage)
Gus Visser Gus Visser ... Self (archive footage)
Mrs. Thomas Ward Mrs. Thomas Ward ... Self (archive footage) (as Fanny Ward)

Produced by 

Robert S. Bader ... producer (as Robert Bader)
Michael Crawford ... executive producer (uncredited)
George Feltenstein ... executive producer (uncredited)
Eric Neal Young ... executive producer (as Eric Young)

Music by 

John Massari

Cinematography by 

Dan Brockett

Editing by 

John Fitzpatrick

Sound Department 

John Massari ... sound designer / sound editor / sound mixer

Editorial Department 

Kelly Montgomery ... first assistant editor

Music Department 

John Massari ... music editor

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