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