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