Sound Booth 1934 MGM Sound booth with W.S. Van Dyke director.

- Bison Archives and HollywoodHistoricPhotos.com

“One-take Woody” Van Dyke (seated on right) was known for the efficiency of his shooting techniques on set. There’s an omnidirectional microphone on that little table. We don’t know the identities of the cameraman in the booth, nor of the two actors. Making an attempt to identify them and the specific film in production, we have gone down blind alleys.

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