Songs from Movies

The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.

The movie The Voice That Thrilled the World, released in 1943, features 9 songs from artists like Al Jolson, Ethel Waters, James Cagney and the New York Philharmonic. What is your favorite song from The Voice That Thrilled the World?

 

Songs from The Voice That Thrilled the World

Auld Lang Syne
By a Waterfall
Swanee
Vesti la giubba
Blue Skies
Al Jolson
Am I Blue
Ethel Waters
The Yankee Doodle Boy
James Cagney
Overture from Tannh?user
the New York Philharmonic
You're a Grand Old Flag
James Cagney and others