Near the start of CRY OF THE HUNTED [1953] convict Vittoria Gassman escapes from cop William Conrad, jumping on a funicular railway going from one street level to another. Is this the same as that which features in Jame's Whale's THE IMPATIENT MAIDEN, twenty-one years earlier?
Thank you for that. Had not caught where the film was set, so wasn't sure what city to look under. At least it shows I'm not completely gaga. Yet.
Re: FUNICULAR RAILWAY IN MOVIE
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 7:49 pm
by silentfilm
Re: FUNICULAR RAILWAY IN MOVIE
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:10 pm
by FrankFay
Also used in the Bobby Vernon 1 reeler ALL JAZZED UP. Bobby's girlfriend is crazy about the railway- she leaves a note in their room"Join me in Angel's Flight" - he thinks she's killed herself & he goes out & tries to get himself killed.
Re: FUNICULAR RAILWAY IN MOVIE
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2019 1:12 pm
by missdupont
Court Flight was another funicular railway in downtown Los Angeles. The Echo Mountain railway took people up to the old resort hotel above Pasadena, it's featured in at least 1 D. W. Griffith short.
Re: FUNICULAR RAILWAY IN MOVIE
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 2:15 pm
by earlytalkiebuffRob
Watched Joseph Losey's M ['51] last night, which features said railway in the opening shot...