The Movies March On

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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
George Schaefer

Self (archive footage)

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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.

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    1939-07-03

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    3.5

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