Okay for Sound

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

John Barrymore

Don Juan (archive footage)

Age : 60 | Popularity : 4%

James Cagney

Tommy Powers (archive footage)

Age : 86 | Popularity : 9%

Anna Case

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Thomas A. Edison

Age : 84 | Popularity : 5%

Mischa Elman

Age : 76 | Popularity : 5%

William H. Hays

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Al Jolson

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Giovanni Martinelli

Age : 83 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Gordon Hollingshead
Department	Role	Name

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