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"HOLLYWOOD'S VERY OWN AND MOST ANCIENT MEME". Everyone has heard it before; the iconic sound effect - a man's odd yelp - has been used in hundreds of films and television shows since 1951. The scream is named after the fictional character Private Wilhelm from the 1953 western film The Charge at Feather River.