~ TRIBUTES ~JOHN BRAMALL, Hon AMPSBram, as he was known to all his friends, began his sound career at the BBC during the very early forties and was subsequently involved at times in the recording of wartime speeches, being ineligible for military service due to a serious childhood ailment. Alter leaving the BBC he was engaged in general sound recording and worked with Edgar Vetter before joining MGM in the mid-fifties which is where I first met him. Bram was a most capable and very versatile mixer, especially at MGM where he was involved in all aspects of recording - music, dubbing, post synching - and production mixing. Unfortunately, his overall accomplishments tended to work against him when it came to being released for location work or even production recording within the studios. However, when he was made available, he worked on the following MGM films - The Angry Hills, Long Hot Summer Day, 633 Squadron, and the TV series The Prisoner, and on such prestigious productions as Where Eagles Dare, Goodbye Mr Chips and finally Ryan’s Daughter, during which time the studio was in the process of being closed. He then successfully freelanced on both features and documentaries. It was a great pleasure knowing Bram as he was always so cheerful and generous hearted, living life to the full especially where his love of cricket was concerned. He was able to turn out at weekends for his local club in Radlett where he lived. On retirement, he and his wife moved to Wiveliscombe in Somerset where they enjoyed many years until last summer when Bram very sadly died. He is survived by his wife and son. DAVID BOWENMICHAEL BASSETMike started his career in the Sound Department just alter the war. I first had the pleasure of meeting him when I rejoined MGM at their Elstree Studios in 1956 where we remained together on the same sound crew until 1%!. Unfortunately, later that same year, whilst on location in Wales, Mike subsequently lost his left eye due to a special effects mishap, but he continued working at MGM until its closure. We met up again in the 80s and then worked together on numerous TV commercials and since our retirement remained firm friends. Mike, apart from being a most gifted sound maintenance engineer, was also a wonderfully innovative mechanical engineer, generously and freely devoting part of his retirement time to not only designing but also manufacturing individual specialised equipment for the disabled. Very sadly, Mike died in his local hospital on Sunday, January 14th, He is survived by his wife Peggy. My wife and I will miss him greatly. DAVID BOWEN | END CREDITS 2000 |
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