Apart from you, and me as well, I know that it is a favourite film also by another member of the forum as well. Good to know I will get an answer from someone or another.
I also have a fairly good idea of one of the others, it's another film I have but haven't watched, so I might give it a spin this long weekend and let you know.
C483 - "I Know where I'm going" 1945. That's the Corryvrecken whirlpool.
Correct. A beautiful film. The wonderful Scottish folk song played on the extended end credits is a fond memory for me, along many other great scenes.
I am unable to include the available short Google clip of the song and the credits here. It would be great if someone would be kind enough to be able to do this for me.
I have an idea for this film and will post it tomorrow if no one else does. The mage is very familiar but haven't seen the film that came to mind in years (if ever, so will take a guess).
I might wait until tomorrow to answer, I have the film I think it is on my "to watch" list, so will give it a spin tomorrow before embarrassing myself.
It's interesting that we don't see the scene of the shipwreck in the lobby card above. Must have been filmed but not used.
My thoughts are due to the film ending up with a running time of 141minutes, that it was originally longer in length and trimmed for a more shorter length at the last minute.
Seeing that the lobby cards were already printed it was too late for a replacement card, so they just left the deleted card in the set.
The original 1947 set of eight lobby cards.
The 1955 re-release set of eight lobby cards with different image scenes.
Interestingly MGM, after publishing the above wording which included the word spectacular, that they would decide to emit the scene from the finished product.
Here's part of that blog, with mention of the deleted shipwreck.
The giant deluge sweeps on down the Wanganui River, wiping out logging rafts and people along the way. Excellent scaling of water and destruction with superb deep focus cinematography - something which can be lacking in many films of the period where depth of field problems killed the credibility.
An elaborate Don Jahraus miniature set of the Wanganui River, NZ, with highly detailed 'human' figures on the raft built by specialist Henry Greutert in the Metro model shop and shot in daylight for maximum effect.
Now, the topper... the giant wave ploughs it's way down river and into Van Heflin's raft in what can best be described as a truly virtuoso effects shot. The river, water and scenery are all rear projected miniatures which, as soon as the wave reaches a certain point, real water erupts all over the actors, washing them overboard. A great shot that looks sensational in motion. Effects head Gillespie constructed a special device under the process screen that, when triggered, would blast a large volume of water up from under the screen all over the actors and set. Alfred Hitchcock used a similar gag to excellent effect a few years earlier for his wonderful FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT where effects men Paul Eagler and Lee Zavitz blasted water straight through a disposable process screen at the actors.
I'm pretty sure this too is a matte shot depicting the rolling hills and sheep of colonial New Zealand.
The sinking of The Green Dolphin - an elaborate Gillespie miniature effects sequence that was omitted from the final cut and sadly, only verbally referred to in the narrative, which seems such a waste of what was clearly great work.
That Gothic Convent again - this time under atmospheric moonlight.
Interestingly MGM, after publishing the above wording which included the word spectacular, that they would decide to emit the scene from the finished product.
Here's part of that blog, with mention of the deleted shipwreck.
The sinking of The Green Dolphin - an elaborate Gillespie miniature effects sequence that was omitted from the final cut and sadly, only verbally referred to in the narrative, which seems such a waste of what was clearly great work.
The above scene confitms in my mind anyway that an error was made by MGM in not including this sequence in the released film.,
If anything positive comes out of the information that Peter and I have included here it is that hopefully this may encourage people to seek it out to view either for the first time, or to re-visit it once more.
It certainly is a long time since I last viewed it. So many great scenes I still remember clearly to this day.
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I am unable to include the available short Google clip of the song and the credits here. It would be great if someone would be kind enough to be able to do this for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp01Zs0Gpgk
It's always been a dream of mine to go to the island where it was filmed to visit the phone box that still stands. Second link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTEWhPCR-WE
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The following image hopefully could assist though.
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Seeing that the lobby cards were already printed it was too late for a replacement card, so they just left the deleted card in the set.
The original 1947 set of eight lobby cards.
The 1955 re-release set of eight lobby cards with different image scenes.
Interestingly MGM, after publishing the above wording which included the word spectacular, that they would decide to emit the scene from the finished product.
http://nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.com/2012/03/green-dolphin-street-oscar-winning.html
Here's part of that blog, with mention of the deleted shipwreck.
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If anything positive comes out of the information that Peter and I have included here it is that hopefully this may encourage people to seek it out to view either for the first time, or to re-visit it once more.
It certainly is a long time since I last viewed it. So many great scenes I still remember clearly to this day.
These two new entries certainly have something in common.