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Sound effects in conjunction with the performing arts actually goes back to Greek theatre about 700 BC. Stage plays were performed in outdoor arenas attended by large audiences. There was no curtain, or lights, and few stage properties, but they did have voice magnification, through the use of elaborate masks ...
Sound effects in conjunction with the performing arts actually goes back to Greek theatre about 700 BC. Stage plays were performed in outdoor arenas attended by large audiences. There was no curtain, or lights, and few stage properties, but they did have voice magnification, through the use of elaborate masks ...
Jim Jordan, who became world-famous as Fibber McGee on radio and in films, was born in Peoria, Illinois. His career as a vaudeville singer was interrupted by the draft into World War I.After discharge, Jordan married his childhood sweetheart, Marian Driscoll, who was also born in Peoria. As a young ...