How did old Hollywood record sound?

From what I can tell, there was Revenge of the Creature, as well as The Creature Returns. For the latter, there's basically no information turned up by a casual google other than a possible release year of '56. For Revenge, IMDB has a pretty complete page.

None of the Richard Johnsons listed on imdb seem to really fit with the info you've got to work with, but there are a couple of Dick Johnsons listed that were active around that time, one in the camera dept and one in makeup.
 
Thanks Jordan. I have about the same info. Oh well, it's still nice to know he was involved with audio. Nobody in my family encouraged me to go in that direction. I just find it interesting that I ended up going there too.
 
I found out a couple of years into my audio post career that my grandfathers sister performed sound FX for silent films. I even have a picture of her with her trap kit.
 
Here you go. This is approximately 1915.

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My favorite Locations mixer is a Wendt X4. The X3 is pretty much the same but 3 inputs but is around the $1200 mark. Well worth it if you have the money. Not sure about the X2. Besides being 2ch, it's missing some features and has a LED meter. I detest LED meters. I'm sure if Wendt makes it it will be clean sound though.

I need a mixer as well, but I'm not overly impressed with what is out there (so far) in the sub $700 range and will likely hold off for a Wendt.

An older friend of the family's deceased husband was a foley guy for the CBC. Radio and TV. I would have loved to have met him.
 
Cranky said:
Whenever I come across a post written by an Aussie, it is always a great read. Thanks a lot!
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I practiced my Australian accent (as a voice talent/actor, I've found it to be one of the most difficult) by reading it out loud. Fun!

And cool info too. Nice story...
 
Hi Ted thanks. Our crowd of actors has what we call a mid Atlantic accent, often mistaken in the US for being British.

But recently I notice Russell Crowe and some others gravitating to a more local sound.

From production at 2UE the only way to get on the air in Aust .. and make any real money .. was to go out to country wireless and try and work your way back to the city. So I went to 2BS Bathurst for a spell and you did everything there in the 60s, sales, writing, the lot. And newbies had to do the Sunday night program ...

6 hours .. dreadful .. dreary .. with a dull music playlist .. by yourself .. the only one in the place.

However, soon after arriving in Bathurst I'd met a nice lively local gal and found I could get to her house .. and back .. while the late Sunday night recorded one hour talk program was on air. It was a 10" roll of tape and I'd punch the start button, race out the studio door into the car and off.

One Sunday night as I got back just in time to sign off .. and was going in the front door of the station, I met the station manager also going in.

He says, 'what's on air?' 'The scheduled program' pants I. Upon which he hollers, 'WELL DO YOU KNOW IT'S RUNNING BACKWARDS!!'

A short stay in the country.

Cheers.
 
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