
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound
Release: 1946-09-07·Runtime: 20m·★ 5.0
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
Giovanni Martinelli
Truman Bradley
Jack Carson
Paul Henreid
Al Jolson
Davey Lee
Ida Lupino
James Cagneyas Tommy Powers (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
Anna Case
Thomas A. Edison
Mischa Elman
Jack L. Warner
John Garfield
John Litel
Dennis Morgan
William H. Hays
Marion Talley
Dane Clark
Alexis Smith
Kent Smith
Mary Astoras Adriana (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martha Vickers
John Barrymoreas Don Juan (archive footage)
Ann Sheridan