Okay for Sound

1946Short⏱️ 20mApproved

DocumentaryShortHistory

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

182 votes

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 bill, with Warners' Night and Day (1946). ...

Director

Marcel Varnel

Writers

N/A

Stars

Will H. Hays, Mischa Elman, Roy Smeck

Release Date

September 7, 1946

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Will H. Hays

as Self - MPPA President

Mischa Elman

as Self - Violinist

Roy Smeck

as Self - Guitarist

Marion Talley

as Self - Singer

Efrem Zimbalist Sr.

as Self - Violinist

Harold Bauer

as Self - Pianist

Giovanni Martinelli

as Self - Canio

Anna Case

as Self - Singer

John Barrymore

as Self - Don Juan

Al Jolson

as Self - Jack Robin

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Production

Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

year 19461940s20th centurysoundvoice over narration

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryHistoryShort

⭐ Featured Review

But What About Color? And 3D? And...

by boblipton • 2025-06-22

6/10

"This Warner Brothers offers a brief history of the evolution of sound on film, which was invented at Warner Brothers, and here we are. Which is not how it happened, but that's the legend, and in Hollywood, they print the legend. That matter settled in a couple of minutes, the rest of the two reels is devoted to then-current Warner Brothers films in release. Go see them for the sound! In other words, it's a typical studio puff piece that hangs its metaphorical hat on it being twenty years since the film program that introduced sound films to one theater in Manhattan. The films it is..."

💡 Did You Know?

Vitaphone production reel #1492A

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📖 Synopsis

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 bill, with Warners' Night and Day (1946). ...