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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

Sep 2, 2007 · 1h 25m
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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
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Rudy Behlmer
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Robert Gitt
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Jonathan Kuntz
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A.C. Lyles
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Ben Burtt
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Leonard Maltin
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Vince Giordano
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Original language
EN
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Production
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Sparkhill, Turner Entertainment Co.
Country
US

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