Another great "railroad" movie is the "The Greatest
Show on Earth". The railroad scenes are wonderfull!
The climax is a train wreck and just prior to the
impact, they whistle out a flagman! There are good
shots of a SAL steam engine and caboose, at the
beginning.
John
--- bradslaney@wizard.com wrote:
> Hi Hubert,
>
> I love the movie, One of my all time favorites.
> But I'm prejudiced. I was
> at LaSalle Street Station the day they filmed. It
> was a Sunday during
> August 1958. I was waiting for a Rock Island
> suburban train, and it was
> HOT, HOT , HOT that day. Everyone sweating
> profusely, and Alfred Hitchcock
> in a black suit and necktie completely oblivious to
> the heat and humidity.
>
> Nomally LaSalle Street had 6 to 8 redcaps in those
> days. In the scene where
> they are looking for Cary Grant in the Redcap
> uniform, there must have been
> 25.
>
> The scene of Cary Grant shaving was the real men's
> room. Patrons had to use
> the facilities upstairs in the trainsman's room that
> day until filming was
> completed.
>
> Best,
>
> BRAD
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SilvrDome@aol.com>
> To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: History Channel -"
> Railroads"--( Disgraceful)
>
>
> > Brad,
> >
> > Still it's a great movie. Hitchcock captured the
> perfect evening setting
> sun
> > along the Hudson in the perfect time frame for the
> 20th Century Ltd's
> > departure from NYC.
> >
> > If you look carefully, in a shot walking down the
> platform at Grand
> Central
> > Terminal along side a 10-6 Pullman, it is actually
> a Southern Pacific
> blunt end
> > 10-6 Pullman in NYC paint, built for service on
> either the "Cascade, COSF,
> or
> > Golden State". Note the rounded corners on the end
> of the car.
> >
> > In addition, the camera angle required the extras
> to sit on the commode
> > covers not on the roomette cushions. So they are
> reading newspapers etc,
> but
> > sitting on the toilet so to speak.
> >
> > As for Red Caps, Kansas City Union Station had an
> army of Red Caps because
> of
> > the staircases and escalators from the Station to
> the platforms down below
> > and vice versa. I can't speak for La Salle Street
> Station, but Kansas
> City was
> > a bigger station and had many more Red Caps on
> hand than depicted in the
> movie
> > in Chicago. I was a Red Cap in KC at one time.
> >
> > In short, it's worth having on DVD!
> >
> > Hubert
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
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