On Set Communications 101…
Long before the were intercoms and walkie talkies, there were DBMs…Damn Big Megaphones.
The year is 1922 and the man in the center is Douglas Fairbanks. He is the star of the film being shot here, which is ‘Robin Hood’. The man about to speak into the DBM is Allan Dwan and this is the only way directors could give last minute instructions to casts and crews on this kind of huge outside set. Enjoy and share! – Bobby Ellerbee
‘The Night That Changed America’ This Sunday night, Ken Ehrlich will produce the Grammy Awards show and the next night, he’ll do the same for the Grammy’s tribute to The Beatles. That show will air on CBS February 9 at 8PM to mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s first appearance on Ed Sullivan. Paul […]
Did You Ever Wonder Why Early TV Sets Used A Mirror? Me too, but now I know. As odd as it seems now, the mirror was actually not a bad solution to a big problem. The first cathode ray tubes for home receivers were actually quite long and a chassis for it would have stuck […]
Can You Guess Who This Violinist Is? Here are a few clues… He is a descendant of Edward Rutledge, a signer of The Declaration of Independence. For many years, he was the conductor of Arthur Godfrey’s orchastra on his radio and television shows and conducted orchestras at several Presidential Inaugurations. He’s known Goldie Hawn all […]
50 Years From CBS Television City…Part 7, The Game Shows The Game segment has two parts and this is the link to the second part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p9Tr9bfbIo In the first segment, Art Linkletter is our host and takes us through a long string of historic game shows. Ever see Walter Cronkite or Mike Wallace host a […]
Here’s a clip from the scene about to be shot in the photo. http://youtu.be/I8AZjrhhpOQ?t=10m52s
Allan Dwan
No amplifier required! 🙂
Western Electric demonstrated the first tube-amplified electric public address system in 1919. This is much more compact that that.
Mathias Overstreet
Wireless since say one!