
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
Dane Clark
Davey Lee
Dennis Morgan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Al Jolson
Alexis Smith
Martha Vickers
John Barrymoreas Don Juan (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison
William H. Hays
Ida Lupino
Edward G. Robinson
Truman Bradley
Paul Henreid
Mischa Elman
Jack L. Warner
Kent Smith
James Cagneyas Tommy Powers (archive footage)
Mary Astoras Adriana (archive footage)
John Garfield
Ann Sheridan
Anna Case
Giovanni Martinelli
Jack Carson
John Litel
Marion Talley