Okay for Sound

Okay for Sound (1946)

6.7 20 min Movie
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.

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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

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