Basic Info
Release: September 07, 1946
Runtime: 20 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.0/10 (1 votes)
Status: Released
Okay for Sound
1946
20 min
⭐ 5.0/10
1 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
History
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
John Barrymore
Don Juan (archive footage)
James Cagney
Tommy Powers (archive footage)
Anna Case
Thomas A. Edison
Mischa Elman
William H. Hays
Al Jolson
Giovanni Martinelli
Edward G. Robinson
Roy Smeck
Marion Talley
Jack L. Warner
Crew
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
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