RE: frank and other monsters

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Original poster: "Basura, Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>

Sounds like the Lightning Screen conceived and built by Ken Strickfaden.
Check out Bill Wysock's page for more information

http://www.ttr-dot-com/history_Strickfadden.htm
http://www.ttr-dot-com/history_Strickfadden_page2.htm

Regards,
Brian B.

KENNETH STRICKFADEN 
Electrical effects technician. Born Kenneth Joseph Strickfaden in Montana
1896. Strickfaden had mastered in chemistry and physics and constructed
electrical instruments for wireless communications, X-rays, tuned rotary
gaps and Tesla coils. Was also an expert photographer. He worked in various
jobs until he began keeping various electrical instruments in tune for
various motion picture studios during the late Twenties. After his work on
FRANKENSTEIN, Strickfaden  assembled various "mad-scientist" accoutrements,
thereafter becoming known as 'Mr. Electric'. Ken Strickfaden himself lost
count of the film and tv. productions he had been involved with. Strickfaden
also doubled for Boris Karloff as 'Fu' in THE MASK OF FU MANCHU during
scenes with the electrical equipment. In 1933, he took his gadgetry on tour
in the 'Kenstrick Space Age Science Show', and managed to carve himself a
second career. 
He died in 1984 aged 87. 
20's 1927 Wings 1929 The Return of Sherlock Holmes. 
30's 1931 Frankenstein. A Connecticut Yankee 1932 Chandu the Magician. The
Mask of Fu Manchu 1935 Bride of Frankenstein. The Lost City (serial). The
Phantom Empire (serial) 1936 Flash Gordon (serial). The Clutching Hand
(serial). Showboat. The Undersea Kingdom (serial) 1939 Son of Frankenstein.
Buck Rogers (serial). Wizard of Oz.
40's 1940 The Mysterious Doctor Satan. Fantasia. 
50's 1953 War of the Worlds.
70's 1974 Young Frankenstein.


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Subject:	Re: frank and other monsters

Original poster: "Tim Flood by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<tflood-at-stllabs-dot-com>

While we're on the subject, in the early movie version there is a device
mounted on the lab wall that appears to be some type of rotary spark gap.
When the device is swtched off and `coasting down' there is quite a bit of
audible bearing noise or some sort of mechanical intereference causing a
grating sound. 
 
Any ideas what this device actually is and how it might be built?
 
Thanks,
 
 
Tim Flood