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