Kolster Radio Compass
Kolster may refer to: * Clarence Kolster (1895–1972), American film editor * Frederick A. Kolster (1883–1950), American engineer * Kolster-Brandes * Kolster Radio Corporation The Kolster Radio Corporation was an electronics manufacturer and distributor based in Newark, New Jersey, which went bankrupt in January 1930. It bore the name of its chief research engineer, Frederick A. Kolster. In June 1928, the Columbia P ...

Clarence Kolster
Clarence Kolster (September 6, 1895 – May 6, 1972) was an American film editor, active during the later years of the silent era, right through the 1950s. Biography Born in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1895, Clarence began his film career editing the 1922 silent film ''Rags to Riches''. During his 30-year career, he would edit almost 100 films, in addition to working as assistant director on the 1924 film ''The Lighthouse by the Sea''. His career would include such classics as ''The Painted Desert'', also in 1931, which featured Clark Gable's first speaking role; the 1946 remake of ''Of Human Bondage''; ''Always Leave Them Laughing'', starring Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo; and 1958's ''Our Miss Brooks'' starring Eve Arden. But Kolster's crowning achievement was his first mega-hit, the 1931 version of ''Frankenstein'', starring Boris Karloff. Kolster's editing of when the monster is revealed has been called, "... possibly the most distinguished piece of cutting in all of horror ...
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Frederick A
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans Baden * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden Bohemia * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia Britain * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain Brandenburg/Prussia * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of Brandenburg * Frederick William, Elector ...
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Kolster-Brandes
Kolster-Brandes Ltd was an American owned, British manufacturer of radio and television sets based in Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent. History The company was a descendant of ''Brandes'', a Canadian company founded in Toronto in 1908. Brandes became part of AT&T in 1922 and a British subsidiary ''Brandes Ltd.'' was established in Slough, in 1924, to manufacture headphones.The Setmakers by Keith Geddes and Gordon Bussey () The company rapidly expanded producing a range of loud speakers and in 1928 moved to a former silk mill at Foots Cray. The company was renamed ''Kolster-Brandes Ltd.'' after the American parent company merged with the Kolster Radio Corporation. In 1930 the company supplied 40,000 of its ''Masterpiece'' two-valve, bakelite cabinet radios to the Godfrey Phillips tobacco company, who gave them away to customers in exchange for cigarette coupons. K-B also began a long association with Cunard after they won a contract to provide communications equipment for the RMS Queen Mary ...
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