Okay for Sound

Okay for Sound

7/9/1946 0h 20m 5.0/10

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.

Director

Top Billed Cast

James Cagney

James Cagney

Tommy Powers (archive footage)

John Barrymore

John Barrymore

Don Juan (archive footage)

Mischa Elman

Mischa Elman

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Anna Case

Anna Case

William H. Hays

William H. Hays

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