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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Documentary, History - 2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
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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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Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
2 Sep 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
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$0
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