Wow, you have a clip recorded from the old Romance Classics channel! That channel debuted when I was just 9 or 10, so I didn't appreciate it then, as much as I would now. These days, I love sentimental, genuine, classy romance films, ala Affair to Remember and the like... Too bad that channel no longer exists. It has since changed into the We: Woman's Entertainment Channel, which isn't as good, in my opinion.
Seems like all the channels devoted to classics end up selling out.
In Rosalind Russell's autobiography,"Life's A Banquet" she wrote that she thought that the staircase was not wide enough in the movie,"Mame." In the Lucille Ball movie "Mame" actress Madelain Khan was cast as Miss Gooch and was replaced because the director thought that she was too pretty to play the part. Bea Arthur's husband was the director and that's why she was cast as Mame's best friend Coral Brown.
Mame's best friend was Vera Charles, from Pittsburgh. Coral Browne was the actress who played her in "Auntie Mame". Bea Arthur played Vera Charles in the broadway musical, "Mame" in 1966 and also in the movie version of the stage musical.
@riversidefan2 Thanks for the correction, after I wrote that comment I watched the Lucy & Bea Arthur clip of Busom Buddies and saw my mistake. I used to admire Rosalind Russell, until I read Kitty Kelly's book on Frank Sinatra and realized how cruel he was and that Rosalind and Frank were close friends...birds of a feather flock together.
Thank you so much riveresidefan2 for this fun and intersting compilation. You made one little mistake though. The film that begins at 4:40 is not "The King and Four Queens" it's actually "Band of Angels" (1957) starring Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier.Since you have such a great eye for details I thought I'd point that out. Thanks again.
I just noticed a piece of furniture at the bottom of the stairs appears in 2 films. "Parrish" at 1:54 and "King and Four Queens" 5:05 there's a distinctive small table in the shape of an eagle used in films set 100 years apart.
@riversidefan2 Good eye!!!! I have been a long time fan of Auntie Mame and the other night I had to watch the old civil war movie that was shown. I was happy to recognize the staircase. Anyway, I noticed that table in the movie as I was watching it.
@theOnlyWtxgentleman I was referring to a Fleetwood 75 series limousine. It wasn't a reference to the year. My wording was rather imprecise though. Sorry for the confusion.
@lexusfann The movie at 2:45 is Parrish starring Troy Donahue. He made 3 films in a row using this set. besides parrish is "Rome Adventure" and "A Summer Place", all Warner Brothers films, of course.
Thanks for posting this! I just saw the original Oceans movie this year and when I saw that scene I was trying to figure out where I'd seen that set before. Very cool!
I would be lying if I said i didn't fall in love with my house on first site because the staircase and front door reminded me of Mames apartment! LOL!
Yes, when I put this together I didn't know what I was doing. Now I do and I'll try to update this with info on which film it is as well as the year. I now have scenes from "Bright Leaf" 1950 to add which is the first time the stairs were used.
In the Tea For Two clip, Gene Nelson is SO handsome and such a great dancer. He is really under-rated compared to the other male dancers of his time.
In the Rome Adventure clip, you see the unfortunate results of trying to make a full frame movie into a wide-screen one by cutting off the top & bottom of the picture. Suzanne Pleshette's head is cut off when she's standing on the staircase!
I've been told the exterior mansion used in the "Parrish" clip is actually the front of Jack Warner's house in Beverly Hills and inside was a staircase much like the one seen in these clips.
Wow. I could understand re-using an expensive set after Auntie Mame, but filming Mame on a standing set! If Roz had know, she would have pitched a fit.
@Jimat41 oh, i don't think she'd mind, i'm sure she'd know it was just part of the "studio system", and that set made the perfect duplex for Mame to live in.
Wow, you have a clip recorded from the old Romance Classics channel! That channel debuted when I was just 9 or 10, so I didn't appreciate it then, as much as I would now. These days, I love sentimental, genuine, classy romance films, ala Affair to Remember and the like... Too bad that channel no longer exists. It has since changed into the We: Woman's Entertainment Channel, which isn't as good, in my opinion.
Seems like all the channels devoted to classics end up selling out.
storybellz 3 weeks ago
Love this. The staircase with so many lives. The guy dancing up the arm rail.
OMG. Clark Gable at 4:41. Love it.
But.. we all need to get a life and get rre - aquainted with that shiny, bright orb.
grafonolafavorite 2 months ago
Liiiindsay
Jguy365 3 months ago
In Rosalind Russell's autobiography,"Life's A Banquet" she wrote that she thought that the staircase was not wide enough in the movie,"Mame." In the Lucille Ball movie "Mame" actress Madelain Khan was cast as Miss Gooch and was replaced because the director thought that she was too pretty to play the part. Bea Arthur's husband was the director and that's why she was cast as Mame's best friend Coral Brown.
darlinkula1 6 months ago
Mame's best friend was Vera Charles, from Pittsburgh. Coral Browne was the actress who played her in "Auntie Mame". Bea Arthur played Vera Charles in the broadway musical, "Mame" in 1966 and also in the movie version of the stage musical.
riversidefan2 6 months ago
@riversidefan2 Thanks for the correction, after I wrote that comment I watched the Lucy & Bea Arthur clip of Busom Buddies and saw my mistake. I used to admire Rosalind Russell, until I read Kitty Kelly's book on Frank Sinatra and realized how cruel he was and that Rosalind and Frank were close friends...birds of a feather flock together.
darlinkula1 6 months ago
Like an old hooker these stairs have been well used.l....... LOL.....
toriano33 7 months ago
Thank you so much riveresidefan2 for this fun and intersting compilation. You made one little mistake though. The film that begins at 4:40 is not "The King and Four Queens" it's actually "Band of Angels" (1957) starring Gable, Yvonne De Carlo and Sidney Poitier.Since you have such a great eye for details I thought I'd point that out. Thanks again.
keisha528 7 months ago
Tell me more films please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chickenpieces 8 months ago
I just noticed a piece of furniture at the bottom of the stairs appears in 2 films. "Parrish" at 1:54 and "King and Four Queens" 5:05 there's a distinctive small table in the shape of an eagle used in films set 100 years apart.
riversidefan2 1 year ago
@riversidefan2 Good eye!!!! I have been a long time fan of Auntie Mame and the other night I had to watch the old civil war movie that was shown. I was happy to recognize the staircase. Anyway, I noticed that table in the movie as I was watching it.
bakaboy2000 7 months ago
cuz its hard to build and expensive!
goner19 1 year ago
I saw your post at IMDB. This is a nifty video. That's a great shot of a classic 75 Fleetwood at 1:45
bagelboi66 1 year ago
@bagelboi66 didn't you mean a ' 57 Fleetwood
theOnlyWtxgentleman 5 months ago
@theOnlyWtxgentleman I was referring to a Fleetwood 75 series limousine. It wasn't a reference to the year. My wording was rather imprecise though. Sorry for the confusion.
bagelboi66 5 months ago
what is the movie at 2:45? thank you to anyone who knows......
lexusfann 1 year ago
@lexusfann The movie at 2:45 is Parrish starring Troy Donahue. He made 3 films in a row using this set. besides parrish is "Rome Adventure" and "A Summer Place", all Warner Brothers films, of course.
riversidefan2 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this! I just saw the original Oceans movie this year and when I saw that scene I was trying to figure out where I'd seen that set before. Very cool!
Kyokidayo 1 year ago
I would be lying if I said i didn't fall in love with my house on first site because the staircase and front door reminded me of Mames apartment! LOL!
decidedvoter08 1 year ago
so great that you did this!
how ever, it could have been nice to show the set evolving, by putting the clips by year
etraig 1 year ago
Yes, when I put this together I didn't know what I was doing. Now I do and I'll try to update this with info on which film it is as well as the year. I now have scenes from "Bright Leaf" 1950 to add which is the first time the stairs were used.
riversidefan2 1 year ago
Does that tap dancer have a boyfriend?
WarriorOfWriters 1 year ago
Carol Burnett used these same steps when they did the gone with the wind skit...
kidd912thomas 1 year ago
@kidd912thomas
I don't think so. Carol's stairs curved clockwise, Auntie Mame's stairs curve counter clockwise. It couldn't possibly be the same stairs.
riversidefan2 1 year ago
In the Tea For Two clip, Gene Nelson is SO handsome and such a great dancer. He is really under-rated compared to the other male dancers of his time.
In the Rome Adventure clip, you see the unfortunate results of trying to make a full frame movie into a wide-screen one by cutting off the top & bottom of the picture. Suzanne Pleshette's head is cut off when she's standing on the staircase!
SOLE2SOUL 1 year ago
I've been told the exterior mansion used in the "Parrish" clip is actually the front of Jack Warner's house in Beverly Hills and inside was a staircase much like the one seen in these clips.
riversidefan2 1 year ago
Wow. I could understand re-using an expensive set after Auntie Mame, but filming Mame on a standing set! If Roz had know, she would have pitched a fit.
Jimat41 1 year ago
@Jimat41 oh, i don't think she'd mind, i'm sure she'd know it was just part of the "studio system", and that set made the perfect duplex for Mame to live in.
etraig 1 year ago
Very interesting. I'm going to be looking for this set in every movie from now on!
dancebear 2 years ago
Only need to look for it in Warner Brothers films
riversidefan2 2 years ago