Interview Cliff Barrows In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, Cliff Barrows (1923-2016) discusses dedicating his life to Christian service when he was in high school and studying radio broadcasting at Bob Jones College. He describes becoming a church music director in Minnesota and details the turning point in his life...
Interview Larry Auerbach In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Larry Auerbach details his 47-year association with the William Morris Agency, where he started part-time in the mailroom. He talks about his move out of the mailroom and his work booking talent in small nightclubs and theaters. He describes booking musical...
Interview Lamont Johnson In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Lamont Johnson (1922-2010) describes his work as an actor in network radio, which led to a career as an actor in television on series including Hallmark Hall of Fame in the 1950s. He discusses his period of being blacklisted from the industry, until producer...
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,...