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HistoryDocumentary

Okay for Sound

September 7, 1946
20m
TMDB6.7· 3

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.

Cast
John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Don Juan (archive footage)

James Cagney

James Cagney

Tommy Powers (archive footage)

Anna Case

Anna Case

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Mischa Elman

Mischa Elman

William H. Hays

William H. Hays

Al Jolson

Al Jolson

Giovanni Martinelli

Giovanni Martinelli

Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck

Marion Talley

Marion Talley

Jack L. Warner

Jack L. Warner

Efrem Zimbalist Sr.

Efrem Zimbalist Sr.

Violinist

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Adriana (archive footage)

Harold Bauer

Harold Bauer

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Dane Clark

Dane Clark

John Garfield

John Garfield

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid

Davey Lee

Davey Lee

John Litel

John Litel

Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

Dennis Morgan

Dennis Morgan

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ann Sheridan

Ann Sheridan

Alexis Smith

Alexis Smith

Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers

Crew
Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead

Producer

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Movie Info
StatusReleased
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget (USD)N/A
Revenue (USD)N/A
Popularity0%
Produced by
Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

US

Released in

United States

Spoken Languages

English