Film·1946·20m

Okay for Sound

HistoryDocumentary

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.

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John Barrymore
John BarrymoreDon Juan (archive footage)
James Cagney
James CagneyTommy 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
Roy Smeck
Marion Talley
Marion Talley
Jack L. Warner
Jack L. Warner

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