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.
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
The Class of ‘9271%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Being James Bond77%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound68%
I Know That Voice71%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Audrey71%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
That's Entertainment!73%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
That's Entertainment! III70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
Directed by John Ford70%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Facing Ali73%
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis61%
Room 23761%
