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