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  • The Movies March On (1939)
  • Short | 22 min | Short, Documentary
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The Movies March On (1939)
Short | 22 min | Short, Documentary

A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, ...See moreA "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage. Written by Les Adams See less
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Updated Jul 7, 1939

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Jul 7, 1939 (United States)

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35 cast members
Name Known for
Renée Adorée
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage) Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)   See fewer
Theda Bara
Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage) Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)   See fewer
Lionel Barrymore
Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage) Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)   See fewer
Jackson Beck
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Joseph Breen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin) Self (archive footage) (as Charlie Chaplin)   See fewer
Cecil B. DeMille
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Marie Dressler
Self (segment "Tillie's Punctured Romance") (archive footage) Self (segment "Tillie's Punctured Romance") (archive footage)   See fewer
Douglas Fairbanks
Self - From 'Robin Hood' (archive footage) Self - From 'Robin Hood' (archive footage)   See fewer
Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Garden
Self - From 'Thais' (archive footage) Self - From 'Thais' (archive footage)   See fewer
John Gilbert
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Lillian Gish
Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter (archive footage) Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William S. Hart
Self (segment "The Fugitive") (archive footage) Self (segment "The Fugitive") (archive footage)   See fewer
Will H. Hays
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Al Jolson
Self - from 'The Jazz Singer' (archive footage) Self - from 'The Jazz Singer' (archive footage)   See fewer
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Keystone Kops
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Raymond Massey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Muni
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mabel Normand
Self - From 'Tillie's Punctured Romance') (archive footage) Self - From 'Tillie's Punctured Romance') (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Pickford
Self - 'The New York Hat' (archive footage) Self - 'The New York Hat' (archive footage)   See fewer
Will Rogers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Rosalind Russell
Self (costume test for The Women) (archive footage) Self (costume test for The Women) (archive footage)   See fewer
George Schaefer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mack Sennett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Wanger
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Harry M. Warner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jack L. Warner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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