I just watched this excellent old film. That fall down the elevator shaft was one of the most realistic looking eighths of a page I've ever seen on film. The sound of the body colliding with the various obstacles on the way down really conveyed the effect. For me it provided the perfect climax.
shareTrue, except that the door opening Laughton falls through (when we see Milland rush over to the elevator door) is about as open as Milland left it, certainly not big enough for a rather large man like Laughton to fall through. But I agree, the actual fall itself was very realistic, for the time.
Am I anywhere near the imaginary cliff?share
"...the door opening Laughton falls through (when we see Milland rush over to the elevator door) is about as open as Milland left it, certainly not big enough for a rather large man like Laughton to fall through."
Janoth pushed the door far enough open for him to pass through. After he let go of it, it returned, under internal spring pressure, to jam open again on the object Stroud had placed there earlier.
Yeah it was perfectly rendered - looked enough real & what wouldn´t have looked real, was impeccably shrouded in sinister darkness. To get an idea how awfully this kinda thing can be done, even many-many years later, check out the 1963 North By Northwest wannabe The Prize.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
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yeah i caught that too
thought it was darn good effects for 1948
(and they did it without CGI. yaaaaaay!) lol
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