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