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Who the heck is Jack Foley?
You may never have heard of Jack Donovan Foley (1891-1967), but his legacy is present every time you go to the movies. Foley pioneered the addition of sound effects to motion pictures, single-handedly inventing the process of recording sounds "direct to picture," in sync with the action on screen. Working at Universal Studios, Foley recorded sound effects for hundreds of movies, never once receiving on-screen credit.
In the 1950s, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz dubbed their recording studio the "Foley Stage," and to this day sound effects technicians are known as "Foley artists." |