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