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