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