Daddy Dee Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Last night I watched an old Perry Mason episode, The Case of the Deadly Double (1958) and noticed some interesting looking gear on the background of the office set. It looks like there is a window/glass room partition It looks like it would be a window to the outside, but there is some kind of wall unit with two good size loudspeakers visible. Looks to be 12 or 15 inch woofers with no grills. Anyone else ever noticed this? I'm going to keep a look out when I see other episodes. Had never noticed this detail on the set. Unfortunately, it is all kind of dark and there is no other gear distinguishable, at least what I could see. On another gear in the shot there is an old episode of CSI where Grissom goes home and starts music on some Mac gear. The speakers are unrecognizable to me, something tall narrow bookshelf size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Product placement in the TV and film industry is a huge business. They will have the best product that advertising dollars pay for. One heck of a criteria. ...And Andy Griffith drove Fords...although not by his, nor even Barnie's, choice. [] But the Perry Mason series is great... as are Have Gun Will Travel, Wild Wild West, The Andy Griffith Show, The Addams Family, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Twilight Zone, the original and resurrected The Outer Limits, and a few more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/pmo_locale.htm Here's a link with a pic from a different episode. This one is in daylight and the windows are indeed facing the balcony. The speakers appear to be installed in the window frame. Odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Am I missing something? The only speaker I can find in the two office shots is the very rare and exotic philodendron speaker manufactured only in a limited run in the 1950's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Mark, Philodendron. That's a new one on me. I don't think you are missing anything. There are just the two speakers that I see. Are they installed as you would expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mas Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Oh! Those! I am not sure that they are speakers. At first I was looking for some sort of enclosure! Especially in the lower photo, 'it' appears to be a decorative routed disk present for architectural interest...after all, you know how trendy the 50's were! Are they speakers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Product placement in the TV and film industry is a huge business. They will have the best product that advertising dollars pay for. One heck of a criteria. ...And Andy Griffith drove Fords...although not by his, nor even Barnie's, choice. [] But the Perry Mason series is great... as are Have Gun Will Travel, Wild Wild West, The Andy Griffith Show, The Addams Family, Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Twilight Zone, the original and resurrected The Outer Limits, and a few more... Add to the list, Chrysler vehicles on The Shield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 Yeh, I've been having a hard time imagining what kind of speakers they could be. Looking at them more closely, I think you are right that they are some kind of architectural feature. Maybe door knobs if those are glass doors opening on to the balcony. Well, I'm sort of a rosanna rosanna danna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDB_Rocks Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Yeh, I've been having a hard time imagining what kind of speakers they could be. Looking at them more closely, I think you are right that they are some kind of architectural feature. Maybe door knobs if those are glass doors opening on to the balcony. Well, I'm sort of a rosanna rosanna danna. Hey Roseanne ... ummmm,, DaddyDee .... those are not speakers but as you said tthey are some sort of art deco-ish architectural feature between the solid lower part of the balcony wall and the upper hand rail part. Look here: http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/pmo_annex.htm Interesting observation tho. peace, mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauln Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Stereo!?!?!?!?!? Those days were mono... my guess is those things are some kind of 50's style skyscraper window vents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench722 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Looks like there are three in the shot. Looks like fans in each window? [8-|] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Those are aliens that crept into the photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klipschfanatic Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Khorns no doubt about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skonopa Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Hey Roseanne ... ummmm,, DaddyDee .... those are not speakers but as you said tthey are some sort of art deco-ish architectural feature between the solid lower part of the balcony wall and the upper hand rail part. Look here: http://www.perrymasontvseries.com/pmo_annex.htm Interesting observation tho.peace, mitch I was looking at those pictures myself and I was about to say the same thing you did. Those are definitely not "speakers" or "door knobs" or "vents" or "fans". They are indeed an architectural feature of the balcony railing outside the window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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