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The Movies March On

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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.

Documentary

1.8 / 5

Release Date: 3rd July 1939
Director
Alan Brown
Top Cast
Renée Adorée • Gilbert M. Anderson • Theda Bara
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Renée Adorée Image

Renée Adorée

Self (archive footage)

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Gilbert M. Anderson

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

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Theda Bara

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

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Jackson Beck

Narrator

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Lionel Barrymore

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

Cecil B. DeMille Image

Cecil B. DeMille

Self (archive footage)

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George Schaefer

Self (archive footage)

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Louis De Rochemont

Producer

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Alan Brown

Director