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