Began his career in films as head of the sound department at Hal Roach
Studios. Raguse initially worked as the on-set sound recordist but by
1932 delegated other sound mixers to this task, while Raguse supervised
the final mix of the soundtrack. At that time, it was virtually a
one-man job, whereas today there are dozens of technicians involved in
post-production sound mix. At a smaller studio like Hal Roach Studios,
the film editor also cut together the sound and music tracks for the
short films.