Okay for Sound

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This short was made for the express purpose of noting the 20th Anniversary of Warners' Vitaphone sound-on-film process and also was made to be released concurrently, and shown on the same bi... Read allThis short was made for the express purpose of noting the 20th Anniversary of Warners' Vitaphone sound-on-film process and also was made to be released concurrently, and shown on the same bill, with Warners' Night and Day (1946). And that is what happened. If a theatre-goer saw "... Read allThis short was made for the express purpose of noting the 20th Anniversary of Warners' Vitaphone sound-on-film process and also was made to be released concurrently, and shown on the same bill, with Warners' Night and Day (1946). And that is what happened. If a theatre-goer saw "Night and Day" on first-run in any theatre, they also saw "Okay for Sound". Unless they ar... Read all

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John Barrymore

Don Juan
(archive footage)

James Cagney

Tommy Powers
(archive footage)

Anna Case

Singer
(archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison
(archive footage)

Mischa Elman

Violinist
(archive footage)

Will H. Hays

MPPA President
(archive footage)

Al Jolson

Jack Robin
(archive footage)

Giovanni Martinelli

Self
(archive footage)

Edward G. Robinson

Rico
(archive footage)

Roy Smeck

Guitar Player
(archive footage)

Marion Talley

Singer
(archive footage)

Jack L. Warner

Jack Warner
(archive footage)

Efrem Zimbalist Sr.

Violinist
(archive footage)

Mary Astor

Adriana
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Harold Bauer

Pianist
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Truman Bradley

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

James Byrnes

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Jack Carson

Buzz Williams
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Vitaphone production reel #1492A

Goofs
The program shows Mischa Elman will play "Humoresque" but later says the selection is "Gavotte".

Connections
Edited from Don Juan (1926)

Soundtracks
My Mammy
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Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Performed by Al Jolson
From The Jazz Singer (1927)

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8/10

Okay for sound was Warner Bros. celebration of itself of 20 years of their talkies

Like the studio's previous short-The Voice That Thrilled the World-Warner Bros. basically tooted their own horn when recounting their contributions to the sound revolution of film with clips of both The Jazz Singer and Lights of New York being shown though this one had a different clip from the latter-the infamous one of a gangster mentioning to "take...him...for...a...ride..."! Then there's a demonstration of the sound recording of the tracks of their latest picture, Night and Day, that was very interesting to me. This was followed by clips of the studio's other recent films of which the one from The Big Sleep was the most interesting to me as I've yet to watch that one. After "The End" card was shown, the announcer then presented the feature presentation. On that note, Okay for Sound was a fine informational short.