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