He walked with a cane to create the footsteps of three people.
He projected the film onto a screen and recorded the footsteps, the movement, the props – all in one track. Because microphones could only pick up on dialogue, Foley had to add in the other sounds later. The art of sound began in 1927, when Universal employee Jack Foley helped turn the film studio’s 'silent” Show Boat into a full-on musical extravaganza.
