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.

Country:
Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

22 minutes

Year:

1939

Director:

Alan Brown

Cast:
Renée Adorée

Self (archive footage)

Gilbert M. Anderson

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

Theda Bara

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

Jackson Beck

Narrator

Lionel Barrymore

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

Crew:
Louis De Rochemont

Producer

Alan Brown

Director