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