Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "sound-film"

1. Branca de Neve (2000)

75 min | Drama

Based on Robert Walser's play, Branca de Neve is a recital of Snow White over a black screen with spontaneous flashing images of clouds and some unintelligible dialogue.

Director: João César Monteiro | Stars: Maria Do Carmo Rôlo, Ana Brandão, Reginaldo da Cruz, Luís Miguel Cintra

Votes: 446

2. Peludópolis (1931)

80 min | Animation

The story of President Yrigoyen's corrupt government and its overthrow by a military coup.

Director: Quirino Cristiani

Votes: 29

3. Weekend (1930)

10 min | Short

As talkies came in, Ruttmann experimented with sound as he had with abstract imagery, taking up Russian filmmaker Vertov's idea for a collage of clashing sounds, here presented against a black screen with no accompanying visuals.

Director: Walter Ruttmann

Votes: 53

4. Le Brasier Shelley (2018)

59 min | Biography, Drama, History

A pictureless film in 3D sound based on the poetry and diaries of Percy Bysshe Shelley, an infamous young poet driven out of his country after kidnapping his future young wife, Mary Shelley.

Directors: Ludovic Chavarot, Céline Ters | Stars: Gaspard Ulliel, Lola Peploe, Christophe Dilys, Warren Ellis

5. Sound Recording for Motion Pictures (1959)

9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Portrays the work of the motion picture soundman in arranging the set and recording acceptable sync-sound on location. Contrasts the features that make a sound studio ideal for recording to... See full summary »

6. The Alexander Film Studio Project

Documentary | Filming

Perhaps the only long running and certainly the largest motion picture sound stage studio outside of New York and Hollywood, the Alexander Film Company of Colorado Springs was active in ... See full summary »

Director: Stefan Huddleston | Star: Stefan Huddleston

7. Archaeology of the Cinema (1963)

27 min | Documentary, Short, History

Traces the history of the film industry from the beginning of ancient Chinese shadow shows to silhouettes and lighting for 3D effects. The invention of sound and special effects are dealt with.

8. The Film Laboratory (1974)

19 min | Documentary, Short

Discusses and demonstrates the laboratory procedures involved in the production of a 16mm, color, sound film. Follows the camera original film and a quarter inch audio tape through the ... See full summary »

Director: Philip Stockton

9. La Marseillaise (1907)

Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Musical

By 1907, sound experimenter Georges Mendel had devised a system to assure synchronization by mechanically interlocking phonograph and projector. The film was shot to playback but ... See full summary »

Director: Georges Mendel | Star: Jean Noté

Votes: 130

10. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
Episode: Episode #1.30 (1956)

30 min | Documentary

Host Walter Pidgeon admits that he made himself available to host this episode if only to be able to discuss the film career of the legendary Greta Garbo. He mentions her short stint of ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Spigelgass | Stars: Lew Ayres, James Cagney, Marie Dressler, Conrad Nagel

Votes: 18

11. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: End of an Era (1980)

Documentary, Biography, History

The rise of practical synchronized sound film technology spells the end of the silent era of Hollywood with its casualties and the struggle to redefine cinema with sound in mind.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Irving Asher, Mary Astor, Cedric Belfrage

Votes: 57

12. MGM Parade (1955–1956)
Episode: Episode #1.31 (1956)

30 min | Documentary

Host Walter Pidgeon continues with the film career retrospective of Greta Garbo, stating that this and the last show were the most highly anticipated ever since they were announced. The ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Spigelgass | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, George Cukor, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron

Votes: 14

13. Inventions That Shook the World (2011– )
Episode: 1920's (2011)

TV-G | 46 min | History

Mobsters, jazz, and turbulent economic times mark the 1920s. Silent film makes the transition to the talkies as sound comes to the silver screen. The refrigerator gets a makeover from the ... See full summary »

Stars: Christopher O'Neill, Ken Alder, Ron Basch, Adam Bradley

Votes: 14

14. Mystères d'archives (2009– )
Episode: 1998: La victoire des bleus (2017)

Documentary, Short, History

Once the final between Brazil and France was over, more than a million people celebrated on the Champs-Élysées. The 1998 FIFA World Cup was a success for the hosting France, its broadcasting companies and President Jacques Chirac.

Director: Serge Viallet | Stars: Jacques Chirac, Charles de Gaulle, Didier Deschamps, Bernard Diomède

Votes: 8