The Open Switch - 1913 was released on:
USA: 10 March 1913
The Open Road - 1913 was released on: USA: 23 January 1913
The Gate She Left Open - 1913 was released on: USA: 26 March 1913
The Open Switch - 1926 was released on: USA: 31 December 1926
The cast of The Open Switch - 1913 includes: Stuart Holmes as Jim West - the Section Foreman
If the switch is open, current does not flow.
open switch symbol
Out in the Open - 2013 was released on: USA: 19 January 2013
Push to Open - 1998 was released on: USA: June 1998
Open the Bars - 1920 was released on: USA: November 1920
Open Your Eyes - 1919 was released on: USA: May 1919
If the switch is what is keeping the load from turning on, then yes, there is a voltage across the open switch.
A light switch