Joseph I. Kane
- Sound Department
Joseph Kane was born in Pontiac, Illinois. After attending the
University of Notre Dame, he served in World War I, after which he
worked as a radio operator on both private yachts and merchant ships.
After this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he got a job with the radio station KNX as an audio engineer. In 1928, he got a job at Warner Bros. studios and served as production sound mixer on several of the early talking films produced there. Kane later worked with Western Electric sound studios as a sound mixer, and worked on both the East and West Coasts, and often worked on as many as 150 films per year. Throughout the 1940s he worked on films both as a production sound mixer, and also as a re-recording mixer on certain productions. This is a rarity for sound recordists, who almost always work exclusively either in production sound or post-production sound.
During World War II, he joined the Bell Laboratories in England to develop radar technology. After the war, he worked on a recording of the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome.
He accepted an invitation from Fred Hynes, supervisor of the new Todd-AO sound studio in Hollywood, to come to Hollywood to work as a re-recording mixer on Oklahoma! (1955), which was the first film produced in the Todd-AO format. Fred Hynes also served as production sound mixer on this film, with Kane handling the post-production dubbing. On the next Todd-AO production, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Hynes worked strictly as the administrative head of the Todd-AO sound department, with Kane serving as production sound mixer on the film (traveling to the film's many various locations to record the sound). The re-recording on this film was handled by other Todd-AO technicians who went uncredited on the film.
Kane continued to work in film production sound for the rest of his career.
After this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he got a job with the radio station KNX as an audio engineer. In 1928, he got a job at Warner Bros. studios and served as production sound mixer on several of the early talking films produced there. Kane later worked with Western Electric sound studios as a sound mixer, and worked on both the East and West Coasts, and often worked on as many as 150 films per year. Throughout the 1940s he worked on films both as a production sound mixer, and also as a re-recording mixer on certain productions. This is a rarity for sound recordists, who almost always work exclusively either in production sound or post-production sound.
During World War II, he joined the Bell Laboratories in England to develop radar technology. After the war, he worked on a recording of the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome.
He accepted an invitation from Fred Hynes, supervisor of the new Todd-AO sound studio in Hollywood, to come to Hollywood to work as a re-recording mixer on Oklahoma! (1955), which was the first film produced in the Todd-AO format. Fred Hynes also served as production sound mixer on this film, with Kane handling the post-production dubbing. On the next Todd-AO production, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Hynes worked strictly as the administrative head of the Todd-AO sound department, with Kane serving as production sound mixer on the film (traveling to the film's many various locations to record the sound). The re-recording on this film was handled by other Todd-AO technicians who went uncredited on the film.
Kane continued to work in film production sound for the rest of his career.
