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Feature film — 1946

Okay for Sound (1946)

6.70h 20mHistory — Documentary

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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Cast & crew

John Barrymore as Don Juan (archive footage)

John Barrymore

Don Juan (archive footage)

James Cagney as Tommy Powers (archive footage)

James Cagney

Tommy Powers (archive footage)

Anna Case as

Anna Case

Thomas A. Edison as

Thomas A. Edison

Mischa Elman as

Mischa Elman

William H. Hays as

William H. Hays

Al Jolson as

Al Jolson

Giovanni Martinelli as

Giovanni Martinelli

Edward G. Robinson as

Edward G. Robinson

R

Roy Smeck

Marion Talley as

Marion Talley

Jack L. Warner as

Jack L. Warner

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