James L. Fields

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James L. Fields (* before 1933 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania , † 1977 ) was an American sound engineer who lived and worked mainly in Mexico .

Life

Fields was born in Pennsylvania, but moved his family to Pasadena shortly after starting school , where he attended Pasadena Junior College. He left school as a teenager and initially devoted himself to radio technology, which was modern at the time. At the age of 19 he began to work as a radio technician and became a sound technician with the beginning of the sound film. Fields first worked at Pathé in the Culver City Studios, which was sold to RKO Pictures in the early 1930s . Fields was hired as a sound engineer at RKO and then went to the RCA . Here he was senior sound engineer and received five different patents for RCA in the field of sound recording and sound equipment.

In 1945 Fields became senior sound engineer at the new Churubusco studios in Mexico City , which were initially funded by RKO and Mexican private investors and bought by the Mexican state in the early 1960s. Fields was involved in numerous Mexican feature films from the 1940s to 1970s as a senior sound engineer. His filmography includes more than 400 works, including various films by Luis Buñuel ( The Young Girl , The Strangler Angel , Simon in the Desert ). Fields died in 1977, his last film was Rubén Galindos Los desarraigados in 1976 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1933: The Silver Cord
  • 1942: Gold rush
  • 1943: So This Is Washington
  • 1946: The Other (La otra)
  • 1947: Mexican Romance (La perla)
  • 1948: Tarzan and the Mermaids
  • 1950: Rebels of the Black Mountains (The Torch)
  • 1951: Forbidden Street (Víctimas del pecado)
  • 1951: Susanna - daughter of vice (Susana)
  • 1951: Women and Toreros (The Brave Bulls)
  • 1951: Sacrifice of Passion (Sensualidad)
  • 1951: criminal hands (En la palma de tu mano)
  • 1952: In the clutches of Satan (Cuando levanta la niebla)
  • 1953: The Scarlet Captain (Captain Scarlett)
  • 1953: Disappeared in Rio (Aventura en Río)
  • 1953: All handles are allowed (La bestia magnifica (Lucha libre))
  • 1953: The Mysterious Testament (Plunder of the Sun)
  • 1956: At any price (Comanche)
  • 1956: The Rebel Bride (La escondida)
  • 1956: The Curse of Monte Bravo (The Beast of Hollow Mountain)
  • 1958: The Vampiro's Coffin (El ataúd del Vampiro)
  • 1958: The grave of Dr. Caligari (Misterios de la magia negra)
  • 1959: The dead returns (Misterios de ultratumba)
  • 1959: The Secret of the 14 Ghost Riders (Los diablos del terror)
  • 1959: Santa Claus
  • 1960: The young girl (The Young One)
  • 1960: Devil General Pancho Villa (Pancho Villa y la Valentina)
  • 1960: Pancho Villa - Victory and betrayal (Cuando ¡Viva Villa ..! Es la muerte)
  • 1962: The Strangler Angel (El ángel exterminador)
  • 1965: Simon in the desert (Simón del desierto)
  • 1966: In 48 hours (Rage)
  • 1969: Horror monsters strike (Las luchadoras vs el robot asesino)
  • 1969: Metered Murder (The Big Cube)
  • 1973: Santo and the blue demon versus Dracula and werewolf (Santo y Blue Demon vs Drácula y el Hombre Lobo)

Awards

literature

  • Marjorie Lockett: Man Behind the Screen . American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico: Mexican-American Review , Vol. 38, 1970, p. 13.

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personal data
SURNAME Fields, James L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH 1977