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FILM AND RADIO GUIDE
Volume XII, No. 2
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Sound effects ore realistic and perfectly timed in Phillips H. Lord's "Gong Busters."
body. The actors are called for a first rehearsal lasting from four to five hours. A second rehearsal irons out changes and additions to script and cast. The cast then goes through a “dress” rehearsal, which is practically the same as the actual broadcast, and a recording is made.
Lord was the first producer to insist on rehearsals well in advance of performance, so that correction, re-writing, and recasting might eliminate errors. He was the first producer to have a specially-built recordingmachine for his own office, so that he might hear the rehearsal recordings and perfect the radio presentations still further. The
recording of the dress rehearsal is played for the committee, which again discusses the script, the direction, the sound effects, and the acting.
From this discussion come decisions as to highlighting scenes or playing them faster or playing them with greater emphasis. There is a four-hour rehearsal on the day of the broadcast and a dress rehearsal an hour and a half before air time. Even at the last minute, some changes may be made by the committee of five who judge interpretations of lines, characterizations, accents, clarity of script, and many other details. When the green light flashes “On the Air,”
the actors go through their performance of the Gang Busters script with an ease which could be the product only of careful supervision.
While the average listener sits at home enjoying the story, the members of Lord’s organization are also seated by their radios. They are requested to give the reactions of friends and family to the show, to make critical comments. These criticisms offer suggestions to be incorporated in subsequent shows.
Such is the planning of Phil Lord. He has insisted that the “guesswork be taken out of radio.” Although Lord has many
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