TV Guide (December 04, 1953)

Page scan 00065 from TV Guide

Record Details:

Title:
TV Guide
Date:
December 04, 1953
Publisher:
Philadelphia: Triangle Publications, Inc.
Volume:
TV Guide - Chicago (December 04, 1953)
Leaf #:
00065
Language:
English
Collection:
Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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MECHANICAL MEMORIZERS TV Stars Rely on Teleprompters to Help Remember Their Lines Ed Sullivan's show demonstrates stand¬ ard use of Teleprompter. Operator, at right, controls speed of device to cor¬ respond with star's delivery. Many shows use several prompters at different points. Performer's view of prompter in action. O NE OF THE occupational hazards an actor has to contend with is fear of “blowing up” in his lines. The pressures of television production have greatly increased that hazard. Something had to be done to prevent the too-frequent fluffs that marred so many early TV shows. An ingenious electronic device called the Teleprompter has been perfected and is in use in the major network studios. It is an automati¬ cally controlled prompt box which allows performers to read the script as they act their parts, yet with every appearance of delivering memo¬ rized lines or ad libbing. Prompt boxes are oblong cases about the size of a woman’s over¬ night bag. They work like the old- fashioned player piano, with two rollers, housed in the case, over which paper unwinds. The script, in jumbo letters, is visible at 25 or 30 feet. Syn¬ chronized boxes are placed around the set by the program director so the actor can move about freely without getting out of reading range or missing a line. The control box is like a small key 18