Okay for Sound

1946

20 min

5.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

History, Documentary

Director

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

John Barrymore

James Cagney

Anna Case

Thomas A. Edison

Mischa Elman

William H. Hays

Al Jolson

Giovanni Martinelli

Edward G. Robinson

Roy Smeck

Movie Poster

Okay for Sound

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.

  • John Barrymore

  • James Cagney

  • Anna Case

  • Thomas A. Edison

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