Okay for Sound (Movie)
1946 / Director: Unknown / Avg Rating: 0 out of 10
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.
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) (Movie) (7)
Jack Carson...Self
Dane Clark...Sergeant Nowland
John Garfield...Self
Paul Henreid...Self
Ida Lupino...Self
Dennis Morgan...Self
Alexis Smith...Self - Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) (Movie) (7)
James Cagney...Himself (archive footage)
Jack Carson...Himself (archive footage)
John Garfield...Himself (archive footage)
John Litel...Himself (archive footage)
Dennis Morgan...Himself (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)Jack L. Warner...Himself (archive footage) - Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) (Movie) (6)
Mary Astor...Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Cagney...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Carson...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Garfield...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Sheridan...Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) - Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) (Movie) (6)
John Garfield...Himself
Ida Lupino...Herself
Dennis Morgan...Tommy Randolph
Ann Sheridan...Herself
Alexis Smith...Herself
Jack Carson...Himself - A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) (Movie) (5)
Jack Carson...Self - Host
Edward G. Robinson...Self
Ann Sheridan...SelfJack L. Warner...Self
Dennis Morgan...Self - Show-Business at War (1943) (Movie) (5)
Al Jolson...Self
James Cagney...Self
John Garfield...Self
Franklin D. Roosevelt...SelfJack L. Warner...Self - The Golden Twenties (1950) (Movie) (5)
John Barrymore...Himself (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison...Himself (archive footage)
Al Jolson...Himself (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt...Himself (archive footage)
Marion Talley...Herself (archive footage) - The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (Movie) (5)
Giovanni Martinelli...Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage)
John Barrymore...Himself (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage)
James Cagney...Himself (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage)
Al Jolson...Himself (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)Jack L. Warner...Himself (archive footage) - 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (Movie) (4)
James Cagney...
Edward G. Robinson...
Franklin D. Roosevelt...Jack L. Warner... - Blow-Ups of 1947 (1947) (Movie) (4)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself
Dennis Morgan...Himself
James Cagney...Himself
Ann Sheridan...Herself - Bogart: The Untold Story (1997) (Movie) (4)
Mary Astor...(archive footage)
James Cagney...
Paul Henreid...
Edward G. Robinson... - Breakdowns of 1942 (1942) (Movie) (4)
Jack Carson...Self
John Garfield...Self
Edward G. Robinson...Self
Ann Sheridan...Self - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (Movie) (4)
James Cagney...(archive footage)
Al Jolson...(archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...(archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt...(archive footage) - One More Tomorrow (1946) (Movie) (4)
Ann Sheridan...Christie Sage
Dennis Morgan...Thomas Rufus 'Tom' Collier III
Jack Carson...Patrick 'Pat' Regan
Alexis Smith...Cecelia Henry - Always Together (1947) (Movie) (3)
Jack Carson...Bill (uncredited)
Dennis Morgan...The Bridegroom (uncredited)
Alexis Smith...The Bride (uncredited) - And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) (Movie) (3)
James Cagney...
Edward G. Robinson...Jack L. Warner... - Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946) (Movie) (3)
Dane Clark...Self
Dennis Morgan...Self
Ann Sheridan...Self - Breakdowns of 1939 (1940) (Movie) (3)
John Garfield...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself
James Cagney...Himself - Breakdowns of 1944 (1944) (Movie) (3)
Jack Carson...Self
John Garfield...Self
Dennis Morgan...Self - Castle on the Hudson (1940) (Movie) (3)
John Garfield...Tommy Gordon
Ann Sheridan...Kay Manners
John Litel...Prison Chaplain - Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013) (Movie) (3)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
Ann Sheridan...Herself (archive footage)
John Garfield...Himself (archive footage) - Complicated Women (2003) (Movie) (3)
James Cagney...Self (archive footage)
William H. Hays...Himself (archive footage)
John Barrymore...Himself (archive footage) - Hollywood My Home Town (1965) (Movie) (3)
Mary Astor...Self (archive footage)
John Barrymore...Himself
Jack Carson...Himself - It's a Great Feeling (1949) (Movie) (3)
Dennis Morgan...Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson...Jack Carson
Edward G. Robinson...Edward G. Robinson (uncredited) - Shine on Harvest Moon (1944) (Movie) (3)
Ann Sheridan...Nora Bayes
Dennis Morgan...Jack Norworth
Jack Carson...The Great Georgetti - So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) (Movie) (3)
Jack Carson...Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
Alexis Smith...Herself (uncredited)
Martha Vickers...Herself (uncredited) - That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (Movie) (3)
John Barrymore...(archive footage)
Mary Astor...(archive footage)
James Cagney...(archive footage) - The Doughgirls (1944) (Movie) (3)
Ann Sheridan...Edna Stokes Cadman
Alexis Smith...Nan Curtiss Dillon
Jack Carson...Arthur Halstead - The Fighting 69th (1940) (Movie) (3)
James Cagney...Jerry Plunkett
Dennis Morgan...Lieutenant Ames
John Litel...Captain Mangan - The Hard Way (1943) (Movie) (3)
Ida Lupino...Helen Chernen
Dennis Morgan...Paul Collins
Jack Carson...Albert Runkel - The Sea Wolf (1941) (Movie) (3)
Edward G. Robinson...'Wolf' Larsen
Ida Lupino...Ruth Webster
John Garfield...George Leach - The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946) (Movie) (3)
Dennis Morgan...Steven Ross
Jack Carson...Jeff Howard
Martha Vickers...Victoria Cassel - They Drive by Night (1940) (Movie) (3)
Ann Sheridan...Cassie Hartley
Ida Lupino...Lana Carlsen
John Litel...Harry McNamara - Wings for the Eagle (1942) (Movie) (3)
Ann Sheridan...Roma Maple
Dennis Morgan...Corky 'Cork' Jones
Jack Carson...Brad Maple - You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (Movie) (3)
James Cagney...Himself (archive footage)
Alexis Smith...Herself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage) - A Day at Santa Anita (1937) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Edward G. Robinson (uncredited)
Al Jolson...Al Jolson (uncredited) - A Dream Comes True (1935) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Himself (uncredited)Jack L. Warner...Himself (uncredited) - A Slight Case of Murder (1938) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Remy Marko
John Litel...Mr. Post, banker - A War in Hollywood (2009) (Movie) (2)
Franklin D. Roosevelt...Self (archive footage)
John Garfield...John 'Kit' McKittrick / Self (archive footage) - Alcatraz Island (1937) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...'Gat' Brady
Ann Sheridan...Flo Allen - Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Rocky Sullivan
Ann Sheridan...Laury Ferguson - Any Number Can Play (1949) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Lon Kyng
Mary Astor...Ada - Beau Brummel (1924) (Movie) (2)
John Barrymore...Gordon Bryon 'Beau' Brummel
Mary Astor...Lady Margery Alvanley - Between Two Worlds (1944) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Tom Prior
Paul Henreid...Henry Bergner - Black Legion (1937) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Betty Grogan
John Litel...Tommy Smith - Breakdowns of 1936 (1936) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Himself
Edward G. Robinson...Himself - Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...Himself
Ann Sheridan...Herself - Breakdowns of 1940 (1940) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Himself
Ann Sheridan...Herself - Breakdowns of 1949 (1949) (Movie) (2)
Dane Clark...Himself
Dennis Morgan...Himself - Broadway Musketeers (1938) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Fay Reynolds
John Litel...Stan Dowling - Captains of the Clouds (1942) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Brian MacLean (bush pilot)
Dennis Morgan...Johnny Dutton (bush pilot) - Cass Timberlane (1947) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Queenie Havock
John Litel...Webb Wargate - City for Conquest (1940) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Danny Kenny
Ann Sheridan...Peggy Nash - Comanche (1956) (Movie) (2)
Kent Smith...Quanah Parker
John Litel...Gen. Nelson A. Miles - Come On, Marines! (1934) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Esther Smith-Hamilton
Ann Sheridan...Loretta - Deep Valley (1947) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Libby Saul
Dane Clark...Barry Burnette - Destination Tokyo (1943) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Wolf
Dane Clark...Tin Can - Devotion (1946) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Emily Brontë
Paul Henreid...Rev. Arthur Nicholls - Dodge City (1939) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Ruby Gilman
John Litel...Matt Cole - Don Juan (1926) (Movie) (2)
John Barrymore...Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Mary Astor...Adriana della Varnese - Dust Be My Destiny (1939) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Joe Bell
John Litel...Prosecutor - Efrem Zimbalist & Harold Bauer Playing Theme and Variations from 'The Kreutzer Sonata' by Beethoven (1926) (Movie) (2)
Efrem Zimbalist Sr....Himself - violinistHarold Bauer...Himself - pianist
- Flight Angels (1940) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Chick Farber
John Litel...Dr. Barclay - Forever and a Day (1943) (Movie) (2)
Kent Smith...Gates Trimble Pomfret
Ida Lupino...Jenny Jones - Gentleman Jim (1942) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Victoria Ware
Jack Carson...Walter Lawrie - God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) (Movie) (2)
Dane Clark...Johnny Petach
Dennis Morgan...Col. Robert Lee Scott - Hollywood : la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...(archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt...(archive footage) - Hollywood Hobbies (1939) (Movie) (2)
Truman Bradley...Narrator (uncredited)
James Cagney...Himself (uncredited) - Hollywood and the Stars (1964) (Movie) (2)
Al Jolson...(Archive footage)
James Cagney...(Archive footage) - In Our Time (1944) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Jennifer Whittredge
Paul Henreid...Count Stefan Orwid - It All Came True (1940) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Sarah Jane 'Sal' Ryan
John Litel...Mr. 'Doc' Roberts - It's Showtime (1976) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...
John Barrymore... - Key Largo (1948) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Johnny Rocco
John Litel...Dispatcher (uncredited) - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Ralph Cotter
John Litel...Police Chief Sam Tolgate - Lady with Red Hair (1940) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...Charles Bryant
Alexis Smith...Girl at Wedding (uncredited) - Larceny, Inc. (1942) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...'Pressure' Maxwell
Jack Carson...Jeff Randolph - Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Jack Norworth in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon' (uncredited/archive footage)
Ann Sheridan...Nora Bayes in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon' (uncredited/archive footage) - Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...Nelson "Nails" Morgan
Ann Sheridan...Madge Perry Morgan - Love and Learn (1947) (Movie) (2)
Jack Carson...Jingles Collins
Martha Vickers...Barbara Wyngate - March On, Marines (1940) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Bob Lansing
John Litel...Colonel Myers - Midnight (1939) (Movie) (2)
John Barrymore...Georges Flammarion
Mary Astor...Helene Flammarion - Navy Blues (1941) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Marge 'Margie' Jordan
Jack Carson...'Buttons' Johnson - Night of 100 Stars (1982) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...
Alexis Smith... - Nora Prentiss (1947) (Movie) (2)
Ann Sheridan...Nora Prentiss
Kent Smith...Dr. Richard Talbot aka Robert Thompson - Of Human Bondage (1946) (Movie) (2)
Paul Henreid...Philip Carey
Alexis Smith...Nora Nesbitt - Other Men's Women (1931) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Lily Kulper
James Cagney...Ed 'Eddie' Bailey - Out of the Fog (1941) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Harold Goff
Ida Lupino...Stella Goodwin - Pride of the Marines (1945) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Albert Schmid
Dane Clark...Lee Diamond - Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...(archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson...(archive footage) - Pulp Cinema (2001) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Himself (archive footage)
Ida Lupino...Herself (archive footage) - Ready for Love (1934) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Marigold Tate
Ann Sheridan...Priscilla at Basket Social - Rhapsody in Blue (1945) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Christine Gilbert
Al Jolson...Himself - San Antonio (1945) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Jeanne Star
John Litel...Charlie Bell - Say It with Songs (1929) (Movie) (2)
Al Jolson...Joe Lane
Davey Lee...Little Pal - Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...
Ann Sheridan... - Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) (Movie) (2)
Al Jolson...Al Jolson
Ann Sheridan...Ann Sheridan - Search for Beauty (1934) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Barbara Hilton
Ann Sheridan...Dallas Beauty Winner (uncredited) - Show of Shows (1929) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited)
John Barrymore...Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' (uncredited) - Smart Money (1931) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Nick 'The Barber' Venizelos
James Cagney...Jack - That Way with Women (1947) (Movie) (2)
Dane Clark...Greg Wilson
Martha Vickers...Marcia Alden - The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Dr. T.S. Clitterhouse
John Litel...Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney - The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Steve Collins
Jack Carson...Allen Brice - The Bright Shawl (1923) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Narcissa Escobar
Edward G. Robinson...Domingo Escobar - The Circus: Premiere (1928) (Movie) (2)
John Barrymore...Himself
William H. Hays...Himself - The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...John Wade
Alexis Smith...Woman in Office (uncredited) - The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) (Movie) (2)
Jack Carson...Ben Castle
John Litel...Uncle George - The Hollywood Gad-About (1934) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Herself
James Cagney...Himself (uncredited) - The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Elizabeth
Truman Bradley...Radio Announcer - The Little Giant (1933) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...James Francis 'Bugs' / 'Jim' Ahearn
Mary Astor...Ruth Wayburn - The Man I Love (1946) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Petey Brown
Martha Vickers...Virginia 'Ginny' Brown - The Man with Two Faces (1934) (Movie) (2)
Edward G. Robinson...Damon Welles / Jules Chautard
Mary Astor...Jessica Wells - The Return of Doctor X (1939) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Dr. Rhodes
John Litel...Dr. Flegg - The Road to Victory (1944) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Himself
Jack Carson...Himself - The Roaring Twenties (1939) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Eddie Bartlett
Franklin D. Roosevelt...Self (archive footage) (uncredited) - The Shining Future (1944) (Movie) (2)
Jack Carson...Self
Dennis Morgan...Self - The Singing Fool (1928) (Movie) (2)
Al Jolson...Al Stone
Davey Lee...Sonny Boy - The Strawberry Blonde (1941) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...T. L. "Biff" Grimes
Jack Carson...Hugo Barnstead - The Very Thought of You (1944) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Sgt. David Stewart
Dane Clark...Sgt. 'Fixit' Gilman - They Died with Their Boots On (1941) (Movie) (2)
John Litel...Gen. Phil Sheridan
Truman Bradley...7th Michigan officer (uncredited) - They Made Me a Criminal (1939) (Movie) (2)
John Garfield...Johnnie Bradfield, aka Jack Dorney
Ann Sheridan...Goldie West - This Happy Feeling (1958) (Movie) (2)
Alexis Smith...Nita Hollaway
Mary Astor...Mrs. Tremaine - Torrid Zone (1940) (Movie) (2)
James Cagney...Nick Butler
Ann Sheridan...Lee Donley - Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Prince Henry
Jack Carson...Buzz Williams - Two Guys from Texas (1948) (Movie) (2)
Dennis Morgan...Steve Carroll
Jack Carson...Danny Foster - Whiplash (1948) (Movie) (2)
Dane Clark...Michael Gordon, aka Mike Angelo
Alexis Smith...Laurie Durant - Woman in Hiding (1950) (Movie) (2)
Ida Lupino...Deborah Chandler Clark
John Litel...John Chandler - Yesterday and Today (1953) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...(archive footage)
John Barrymore...(archive footage) - Youngblood Hawke (1964) (Movie) (2)
Mary Astor...Irene Perry
Kent Smith...Paul Winter Sr.