The Movies March On (1939)

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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.

The Movies March On

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Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée as Self (archive footage) Died 1933 · Lille, Nord, France Renée Adorée (born Jeanne de la Fonte; 30 September 1898 – 5 October 1933) was a French actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is most famous for her role as Melisande i...
Gilbert M. Anderson
Gilbert M. Anderson as Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage) Died 1971 · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Born in 1880, ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson is considered the first western film star. He played three film roles in “The Great Train Robbery” and then began to write, direct and act in his own films. Afte...
Theda Bara
Theda Bara as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage) Died 1955 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA From Wikipedia Theda Bara (born Theodosia Burr Goodman, July 29, 1885 – April 7, 1955) was an American silent film and stage actress. Bara was one of the most popular actresses of the silent era, an...
Jackson Beck
Jackson Beck as Narrator Died 2004 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson Beck was an American actor best known as the announcer on radio's The Adventures of Superman and the voice of Bluto in the Famous era Popeye theatrical s...
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage) Died 1954 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor fo...
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille as Self (archive footage) Died 1959 · Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker, known as a founder of the Hollywood motion-picture industry, one of the most commercially successful producer-direc...
Director Alan Brown
Cast Renée Adorée, Gilbert M. Anderson, Theda Bara, Jackson Beck, Lionel Barrymore, Cecil B. DeMille, George Schaefer

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