ACCOMPLISHED " STORY MAN"
LATE CAPTAIN STEVENS’S TALKS Captain Stevens, whoso death was reported from Sydney recently, was about the best-known “ story man ” in Australian radio. At one time he provided a variety of sessions from 2DE, but a year or so ago his health broke down, and listeners subscribed to a fund for his benefit. After his apparent recovery ho resumed some of his 2UE sessions, and was just about to commence a tour of the national star tions to give “ armchair ” talks and readings. In addition to radio broadcasts, Captain Stevens had done a good deal of film work, “ speaking ” the descriptive matter for Australian scenic and industrial movies.
Whenever you bear an N.B.C. drama character walk down a gravel path, cruncli-crunch-crunch, it means that Jim Lyons, sound effects man, or Gene Bowes, bis assistant, is marking time in a large gravel box placed near the microphone.
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Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 4
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148ACCOMPLISHED "STORY MAN" Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 4
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