Okay for Sound

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Okay for Sound (1946)

History, Documentary · 20m

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 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
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Roy Smeck Marion Talley Jack L. Warner

Crew

Producer
Gordon Hollingshead

Details

Release date
1946-09-07
Runtime
20m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures