
Okay for Sound
1946★ 7.0 (2 votes)·20 min
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 Barrymoreas Don Juan (archive footage)James Cagneyas Tommy Powers (archive footage)Anna CaseThomas A. EdisonMischa ElmanWilliam H. HaysAl JolsonGiovanni MartinelliEdward G. RobinsonRoy SmeckMarion TalleyJack L. WarnerEfrem Zimbalist Sr.as ViolinistMary Astoras Adriana (archive footage)Harold BauerTruman BradleyJack CarsonDane ClarkJohn GarfieldPaul HenreidDavey LeeJohn LitelIda LupinoDennis MorganFranklin D. RooseveltAnn SheridanAlexis SmithKent SmithMartha Vickers