Okay for Sound
6.7
3 votes
1946
20m
History
Documentary
Overview
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.
Top cast
John Barrymore
Don Juan (archive footage)
James Cagney
Tommy Powers (archive footage)
Anna Case
Thomas A. Edison
Mischa Elman
William H. Hays
Al Jolson
Giovanni Martinelli
Edward G. Robinson
R
Roy Smeck
Marion Talley
Jack L. Warner
E
Efrem Zimbalist Sr.
Violinist
Mary Astor
Adriana (archive footage)H
Harold Bauer
Truman Bradley
Jack Carson
Dane Clark
John Garfield
Paul Henreid
Details
Status
Released
Release date
September 7, 1946
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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