[…]no way that I could establish that I have been in charge of a number of people and that had done this, that and the other works, been responsible for sounds transfer. I may have worked hard, which I did. But it didn't fit their pre ordained framework of what qualified engineer was supposed to have d[…]
[…] acoustically, because we were just about on the breakthrough for sound, and this would be about 1927-ish. And he built […]
[…]ecture, this man [laughs]. And he built some very good theatres which were very good acoustically, because we were just about on the breakthrough for sound, and this would be about 1927-ish. And he built the Rialto up in Norwood, the Albany which was virtually next door, the State Sydenham and State[…]
[…]dred pairs?" "Oh yes, no problem." So we had three hundred pairs, dirt-cheap! And then, of course the problems started. We had to pack them, then the sound people said, "You can't use those, the noise on the cobbles is too..." So we had to felt each pair!Linda Wood : [laughs.]Anthony Mendleson : It […]
[…]went out there to see him. Now, most interesting, because D P Field was the Chief Maintenance Engineer and a Mr Arry Overtown who was the Chief Sound and D P Field had a fair number of staff which were all ETU, all except the man who was looking after what is called - which I will describe in […]
Reg Sutton (newsreel sound recordist, sound supervisor) 24/9/16 - ? by admin — last modified Aug 27, 2008 03:39 PM […]
[…]ical transcription by Sarah Easen, British Universities Film and Video CouncilInterview Date: 1987-09-16Interviewer: Roy FowlerInterviewee: Reg SuttonSound recordist: Taffy HainesTape 1, Side 1 Roy Fowler: This recording is copyright the ACTT History Project. It�s an interview with Reg Sutton t[…]
[…] changing from one projector to the other, the film, on average, would have five or six reels, and you had to synchronize the movement between of the sound and the picture, between one projector and the other. And that was no. Certified at the end of the film, about 12 feet from the end of the film,[…]
[…]arch 1925 so I’ve worked out that I was there as well as I was born in December 1925, only not terribly visible.Q: (Laughs) Um, then what, um did the sound films presumably rather kill Worton Hall didn’t they?SAMUELSON: Yes. I’ve always understood that what money my father had he’d got invested in s[…]
[…] it was all perfectly timed and beautifully, I mean the sound engineers, mixed it all from studio Maida Vale so […]
