Interview Carroll Pratt In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Carroll Pratt (1921-2010) talks about his start in feature films at MGM in the sound department where his father worked. He speaks in great detail about the audience reaction (laugh) machine created by engineer Charlie Douglass, for whom Pratt worked after...
Interview Ret Turner In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Ret Turner (1929-2016) describes his two-decade-long association with NBC that began in the mid-1950s. He talks about several of the shows he worked on in the early years, including The Spike Jones Show (where he was a dresser), The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show,...
Interview Nick Clooney In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Nick Clooney talks about his youth in Kentucky and growing up with his soon-to-be famous sisters, Betty and Rosemary Clooney. He describes his work in radio, his service in the Armed Forces Radio Network in the 1950s, and his eventual move to local television...
Interview Gerald Fried In his two-hour interview, composer Gerald Fried (1928-2023) talks about his early work on Stanley Kubrick's first films, including his pulsating score for The Killing . Fried then discusses his work as a composer for television at Revue Studios. He describes composing for series Gilligan's Island...
Interview Bill Daily In his two-hour interview, Bill Daily (1927-2018) speaks about his early years working as a comedy writer in local television in New York and other cities. He describes working with his writing partner Woody Fraser on The Mike Douglas Show , and details breaking into acting, starting with his role...
