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