The Movies March On

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Release date: July 03, 1939
Duration: 22 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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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)