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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2020 18:10:14 GMT
Discussion on another board about exercising via staircase and so voila …. STAIRCASES IN THE MOVIES
Twelve Oaks :  |
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 25, 2020 18:13:01 GMT
DOUBLE INDEMNITY -- that 'silly staircase' between Insurance Salesman Neff and client's wife Mrs. Dietrichson
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2020 18:19:34 GMT
Hogwarts Track and Field  |
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 25, 2020 18:33:46 GMT
Scary staircases Kiss of Death  Mildred Pierce   Notorious /0428.jpg) Do I really have to tell you?  |
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 25, 2020 18:43:42 GMT
SUDDEN FEAR -- the staircase that Joan Crawford purposely tumbles down.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2020 19:07:42 GMT
The Little Foxes   the pills are up these steps ! |
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Post by mattgarth on Mar 25, 2020 19:17:47 GMT
Do I really have to tell you?
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Yes, Mike -- you really do have to tell me!
It's driving me crazy, not knowing.
I'm getting dizzy and it's turning me into a ... wait a minute --I got it now!
Crazy / Dizzy -- of course ... it's VERTIGO !!!
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Post by Catman on Mar 25, 2020 19:31:59 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 25, 2020 19:35:05 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Mar 25, 2020 19:45:13 GMT
The Vertigo stairs 1958:  |
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 25, 2020 19:48:47 GMT
Yankee Doodle Dandy  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 25, 2020 20:01:02 GMT
BAT, you've gone stark stairing mad! Scarecases - Dracula These have seen better days.  Dwight Frye's about go down faster than he came up. Frankenstein Frye again, terrified at the lack of banisters. Son Of Frankenstein
To borrow a phrase, the stairs can be treacherous. The Uninvited
The dark at the top of the stairs. A game of musical stairs - Singin' In the Rain
A lot harder than it looks. Funny Face
"I can't stop, take the picture, take the picture!"
The Great Ziegfeld
A modest little number. Fred 'n' stairs - Swing Time Easter Parade Levels of the social order - All About Eve Stairs to you; San Juan Hill to him - Arsenic and Old Lace "Chaaaarrrrrrge!" |
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Post by Catman on Mar 25, 2020 20:04:34 GMT
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 25, 2020 20:35:56 GMT
William Peter Blatty and William Friedkin pose on a famous set of stairs. I was present when they were both there for the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.  |
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2020 20:53:43 GMT
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger  This is what I call a proper staircase. Anything with less than a million steps hardly counts: 
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2020 21:01:31 GMT
The unergonomic layout of Fawlty Towers underlies a lot of the humor, especially this staircase.
It is so true. I have stayed in so many "guest houses" and converted hotels in England with similar inconveniences.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Mar 25, 2020 21:03:50 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 25, 2020 21:12:40 GMT
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2020 21:18:51 GMT
In Kidnapped, a novel filmed several times, David Balfour's wicked uncle tricks him into climbing the high and pitch-black tower steps, knowing that steps are missing at one point and hoping David will fall to his death. Here is David about to ascend the tower. It was too dark inside for photography so I cannot offer a still of the critical moment.  |
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Post by london777 on Mar 25, 2020 21:38:27 GMT
In the often filmed Pride and Prejudice, the obsequious clergyman Mr Collins is constantly boasting about the wealth of his patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh, as evidenced by the fireplaces and staircases in her palatial home, Rosings Park. These were the most costly features in building a mansion and were a means of showing off the owner's wealth. I used to pass Hampton Court Palace when bicycling to school, and its skyline bristles with highly decorative chimneys. Mind you, showing off like that was not a smart move on Wolsey's part. David Bamber was brilliant as the creepy Collins in the 1995 BBC TV version of P & P, which is the best by a mile.   |
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