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Record information – Brief Stage-Hands: Jimmie & Frenchie - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1962-04Item number (ISN):60546Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:SHAW, Grace LydiattAccession:1987-0416Media:SoundPart:1 part of 1Production date:1962-04Production company:Grace Lydiatt Shaw (Interviewer)Production credit:interviewer, Grace Lydiatt ShawDescription:In this interview two stage-hands, "Jimmie" and "Frenchie" (possibly Jimmy Silcock and Percy Giroux) describe working back-of-the-screen making sound effects during the days of the silent movie. They talk about the theatres they worked in during the early part of the century (the Toronto Lyric Theatre, for example), the type of acts they saw and the demands placed on stage-hands to provide effects, props and scenery. Finally, mention is made of an early stage-hands' union, the Theatrical Mechanical Association (TMA).Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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