How about the laughable use of trains in movies and television . I still recall an episode of Happy Days showing a Pennsylvania GG1 that was going to be in Denver in 10 minutes. However there are exc
Actually, my comment is, "you're surprised it was so horrible?" The History channel, Discovery, TLC, PBS and others are not in the business of "expert analysis". Consider their audience. Their audie
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
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
Author: "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:51:39 -0700 (PDT)
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
O.K. Guys Iam lost what movie are you talking about it sounds good. -- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.c
Hitchcock's North by Northwest, with Eva Marie Saint and Gary Cooper. The other was The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille... Nubes [Non-text portions of this message have been remo
I saw Greatest Show on Earth 7 times in 1952-53 and a few more since..Haven't see it for quite a spell now. As I recall the scenes near the end, just before the big collision showing the flagmen gett
John and list John I wrote my response before I read yours...great "old" railroad minds run in the same channel.....I forgot about the whistling out of the flag (correctly) ...apparently the authenti
Does anyone know of any Hollywood movies featuring CB&Q steam??? (Except for RKO's original "The Silver Streak" - 1934) Marshall Thayer Mt. Pleasant, IA -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Buy Ink Cartri
I've never seen the "Greatest Show on Earth" but my understanding is it's apparently it's a very important to circus fans also as it shows the circus being set up. Burt Lancaster is in it I think as
Mike et al GSOE...get it and see it...It's also important to railfans...shows some very authentic RR scenes as metioned by John Mitchell and me.... I saw it first time with my railfan buddy Jim Chris
Gang, Great movie. But the one question I have, Why didn't the flagman throw off a fusee as speed decreased? But then again if he had we wouldn't have had a train wreck and Jimmy Stewart couldn't hav
In "The Greatest Show on Earth" Cornell Wilde played the male trapeze artist, not Burt Lancaster. Ray C. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --~--> Rent DVD
Brad, You are a lucky man to have experienced a bit of cinematic history! Thanks for sharing. It's again one of my favorite films with trains. Hubert [Non-text portions of this message have been remo