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Okay for Sound

★ 6.7/10•1946•20m•History•Documentary

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.

StatusReleased
Runtime20m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 7, 1946

Actors

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

Marion Talley

Marion Talley

Jack L. Warner

Jack L. Warner

Efrem Zimbalist Sr.

Violinist

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Adriana (archive footage)

Harold Bauer

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

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