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Article #619794Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: Andrew Swallow
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 03:22
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 03:22
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On 02/02/2018 14:19, jmfbahciv wrote:
> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9:48:23 PM UTC-5, Andrew Swallow wrote:
>>> On 29/01/2018 16:53, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>> {snip}
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The one Hollywoodism that always bothered me is the way a telephone
>>>> reverts to a dial tone when the other end hang up. I've never heard
>>>> this in real life, but maybe it's regional thing. Can anyone from
>>>> New York say whether this really happens there?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That is nationwide. There is a dummy exchange that Hollywood and TV
>>> companies use. It does not matter what number you dial the equipment
>>> returns dial tone. The two actors were not talking to each other.
>>
>> Telephone sets used on movies/TV are not connected to anything.
>> Sound effects (tones, etc) are added later.
>>
> Even for movies made in the 40s, 50s and 60s?
>
> /BAH
>
If the scene was shot in a studio the prop will not be connected to
anything. On location they may have used a real phone.
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