Okay for Sound

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 7, 1946

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Dennis Morgan,Ida Lupino,Mischa Elman,Harold Bauer,Paul Henreid,Jack Carson,William H. Hays,Kent Smith,Al Jolson,Thomas A. Edisonand 19 more

Producer

Gordon Hollingshead

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0241789