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