
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound
Release: 1946-09-07·Runtime: 20m·★ 7.0
HistoryDocumentary
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ann Sheridan
Alexis Smith
John Barrymoreas Don Juan (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
Ida Lupino
Kent Smith
Marion Talley
Mary Astoras Adriana (archive footage)
Jack Carson
Paul Henreid
John Litel
Anna Case
Mischa Elman
Al Jolson
Thomas A. Edison
Giovanni Martinelli
James Cagneyas Tommy Powers (archive footage)
William H. Hays
John Garfield
Davey Lee
Dennis Morgan
Jack L. Warner
Dane Clark
Martha Vickers
Truman Bradley