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