The Movies March On

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

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))

Cecil B. DeMille

(Self (archive footage))

George Schaefer

(Self (archive footage))