Talking Pictures The Coming of Sound (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Talking Pictures

The Coming of Sound (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

In 1927 Al Jolson sang and spoke in The Jazz Singer and the sound era had officially arrived. Hollywood was in panic. How would the silent stars adapt to the new medium? Broadway actors moved west in droves. For a while the sound man was ...See moreIn 1927 Al Jolson sang and spoke in The Jazz Singer and the sound era had officially arrived. Hollywood was in panic. How would the silent stars adapt to the new medium? Broadway actors moved west in droves. For a while the sound man was king. With the primitive sound equipment words dominated the action. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Barry Norman Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Film '72 (1971)
George Sidney Self Self See fewer	Scaramouche (1952)
Lew Ayres Self Self See fewer	Holiday (1938)
Samuel Marx Self Self See fewer	Grounds for Marriage (1951)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Self Self See fewer	Wings (1927)
Mae Clarke Self Self See fewer	Frankenstein (1931)
Ralph Bellamy Self Self See fewer	The Wolf Man (1941)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Self (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.) Self (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.) See fewer	Little Caesar (1931)
Esther Ralston Self Self See fewer	Shadows of the Orient (1935)
Helen Hayes Self Self See fewer	Airport (1970)
Hal Roach Self Self See fewer	One Million B.C. (1940)
William H. Clothier Self (as William Clothier) Self (as William Clothier) See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Fritz Feld Self Self See fewer	Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Joan Bennett Self Self See fewer	Suspiria (1977)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Self Self See fewer	All About Eve (1950)
Douglas Fowley Roscoe Dexter (archive footage) Roscoe Dexter (archive footage) See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Greta Garbo Various Characters (archive footage) Various Characters (archive footage) See fewer	Ninotchka (1939)
John Gilbert Various characters (archive footage) Various characters (archive footage) See fewer	The Big Parade (1925)
Jean Hagen Lina Lamont (archive footage) Lina Lamont (archive footage) See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Al Jolson Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) Self / Jakie Rabinowitz (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Gene Kelly Don Lockwood (archive footage) Don Lockwood (archive footage) See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Millard Mitchell R.F. Simpson (archive footage) R.F. Simpson (archive footage) See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)