The Movies March On

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The Movies March On

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3.5(1 votes)
1939
0h 22m
Documentary
short film

Overview

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, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.

Cast

Renée Adorée

Renée Adorée

Self (archive footage)

Gilbert M. Anderson

Gilbert M. Anderson

Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)

Jackson Beck

Jackson Beck

Narrator

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Self (archive footage)

George Schaefer

Self (archive footage)

Directed by

Alan Brown

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