Movies Learn to Talk

Duration: 1000 ft

Year Published: 1959

Creator: CBS 20th Century

Complete Record: History of talkies. . Great footage. Various pictures of early silent film, hand crank projector, famous early train short clip, John Bunny(?), more various clips of early silent films, examples of early camera work, kinetaphone, kinetoscope(?) Thomas Edison’s sound recording device, scenes from “Cyrano” with sound , clip of laughing group, man plays cello on stage and has objects fall on him, still of Edison’s kinetaphone, Bell laboratories sound equipment, clips from “Don Juan” with John Barrymore, soundtracks on film, early sound recording tests, strange fellow plays little guitar and whistles a ditty, headline of newspaper about Jolson in “Jazz Singer”, Jack Warner gives speech about history of sound in film, clip of Al Jolson in “Jazz Singer”, early behind the scenes shots of movie productions, “The Lights of New York “clip, Clip from “Old Arizona”, various shots of early sound mixing, under water ballet , big women’s chorus dance number, Jolson saying “you ain’t heard nothing yet”, pictures of sound recordist and various film lab scenes with voice overs of famous actors and actresses.