Robert Hoelen is one of many yankee transfers that joined the movie experiment “down south” in Wilmington. His New Jersey dialect echoed within the stages and rang out in the alleys between. Robert is the proverbial class clown - one of many at 1223 North 23rd Street - but his sense of humor was always a bit oversized, affronting some on occasion, but always causing laughter.

The WRAP BEER! poster is derived from one of Robert’s many tomes. On the TV series GOLDEN YEARS, while prepping for an all-nighter on the Fort Fisher Ferry, the crew boarded the ferryboat for an out-and-back test run. On the way out, we saw the usual suspects hauling cable way out into the marsh, shouldering 10K’s and building towers. On the way back, as the sun set over the low lands, Robert struck his Adonis pose, and he held it as the crew on deck lumbered by.

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Long, long ago . . . before pagers, cellular phones and the internet . . . .

It’s 1985, with stages built and electrified - and shops, warehouses and offices up-fitted and occupied - DEG Studios was now capable of hosting numerous motion picture productions simultaneously, and it was doing just that. But to keep the cameras rolling, and productions connected to world beyond, telephones and telephone lines were needed. Hundreds of them.

So Gerald Waller added another course to his already full plate, convincing Dino to invest in a PBX system that would become a new standard for the industry. For those of us who applied our trade at 1223 North 23rd Street - the phones simply worked. Whether you were calling down to the set dressing shop, or to the lumber yard across town, or searching for a vendor in Japan! - “WallerSouth” delivered clear and reliable calling . . . and profits for DEG.

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The WRAP BEER community is forever thankful for Gerald’s dedication, effort, and success!!!

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