[GreenKeys] Fwd: Teletype machine for spy thriller

[Don Robert House K9TTY]

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> From: "Joe Martinson" <jmartinson at martinsound.com>
> Subject: RE: Teletype machine for spy thriller
> Date: 12 April 2015 8:54:25 AM CDT
> To: "'Don Robert House K9TTY'" <62.5milliamps at gmail.com>
> Cc: "AJ Martinson" <ajmt93 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <jmartinson at martinsound.com>
> 
> A working teletype is Ideal.  Just sitting there and ripping a printout of
> the machine is choice number 2.  
> 
> My son AJ worked on Jersey boys as a AP with Clint Eastwood.  He is only 21
> and wanted to write and direct his first film before his friend graduate
> from college.  It is a very tough business, but he has gone for experience
> over education.  
> 
> I will send some clips of what he is working on. We spent last weekend
> shooting at the house of Robert Picardo from Star Trek Voyager fame.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Robert House K9TTY [mailto:62.5milliamps at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2015 8:54 PM
> To: jmartinson at martinsound.com
> Cc: Greenkeys
> Subject: Re: Teletype machine for spy thriller
> Importance: High
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I will share this with our group.  Sadly I no longer have access to the
> machines at my former museum.  They are all locked up in storage at the San
> Diego State University.
> I have several machines here, but I am now living in northern Illinois
> against my wishes, but to keep my wife and family happy.
> Ironically I am a retired engineering manager and my son studied film at
> Columbia College in Chicago.  He has not been able to get into the film
> industry and manages a bookstore.
> 
> Do you need a machine to actually operate during the filming or just sit in
> the scene?
> 
> I miss SoCal very much.  During the 7 years I lived there I helped 3
> Directors by operating Teletype machines for them.
> It was a great time.  Tug Yourgrau, Errol Morris, and Clint Eastwood. all
> accomplished directors.
> 
> Hopefully one of our group will be able to help you.
> 
> All my best.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> On 11 Apr 2015, at 10:02 PM, Joe Martinson wrote:
> 
>> I am the prop master and my son the director.  We will be shooting at my
> company Martinsound near LA.  This is my son's first film.
>> 
>> I read the horror stories about careless treatment of machines on line.
> Since I am an engineer by trade and a lover of the historical, we would
> treat the machine with care.  We are willing to post bonds and cash
> deposits.
>> 
>> We have a $1,000,000 rental equipment policy and could list the owner as
> named insured.
>> 
>> From: Don Robert House K9TTY [mailto:62.5milliamps at gmail.com] 
>> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2015 5:50 PM
>> To: jmartinson at martinsound.com
>> Cc: Greenkeys; David Weil
>> Subject: Re: Teletype machine for spy thriller
>> Importance: High
>> 
>> Dear Joe,
>> 
>> Circa 1963 finds just about every model of Teletype machine in use so the
> particular model is not so important.
>> Where and how you intend to use a Teletype machine is most important.  
>> Many of us have had machines damaged by well intentioned but careless
> moving or prop people.
>> 
>> Don R. House, K9TTY
>> Curator Emeritus, NADCOMM
>> 
>> 
>> On 11 Apr 2015, at 12:04 PM, Joe Martinson wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> We are filming a 1963 cold war spy thriller.  Do you have working Teletype
> machines from that time?
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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