SLEEPLESS IN SEATLE MOVIE TALL BUILDING PLUS
One of the big three Irwin Allen disaster films of the 70’s, along with Airport and The Poseidon Adventure, this was an enormous hit on release with an amazing cast of some of the biggest stars of the time-Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Fred Astaire, Robert Wagner, Robert Vaughn and Jennifer Jones (in her final film) plus dozens of recognizable performers in smaller roles. He’s right to be worried since when a small fire breaks out on the 81st floor it spreads quickly trapping the guests while the fire department works feverishly to save them. But trouble’s abrewing when architect Doug Roberts (Paul Newman) arrives back in town to find that corners have cut and the wiring for the building is substandard. The Towering Inferno (1974)-It’s the grand dedication ceremony for the world’s tallest building, The Glass Tower a 138 story skyscraper in San Francisco and the party is being held on the top floor loaded with movie stars, politicians and the building team in attendance. I went with one of the classics of the disaster genre, a much better version of the recent Man on a Ledge and a witty Neil Simon adaptation. I don't love An Affair to Remember as much as many seem to but it's well acted and shiny and the ending packs an emotional, if manipulative, wallop. Love those shots of her working her way to the top floor by floor. Stanwyck is amazing in Baby Face and even for a pre-code it is startlingly frank. I'm a huge fan of Warren William-he's terribly unappreciated. Great choices! I've only seen Skyscraper Souls the one time but enjoyed it. It's a sappy love story, but I didn't want to use King Kong for the Empire State Building. Grant makes it, but Kerr gets hit by a car and winds up in a wheelchair, leaving Cary to wonder if Kerr remembered or not. They agree to meet six months later on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr meet on board a transatlantic cruise and fall in love although each is already engaged to another outside person.
(John Wayne, early in his career, is one of those men.) Every time she sets off on a new conquest, there's an establishing shot of the façade of the building where she works, panning up a few more stories, to show that yes, she really is working her way to the top.Īn Affair to Remember (1957).
Stanwyck then proceeds to go to the big city and sleep her way to the top, discarding one man after another along the way. Barbara Stanwyck plays a woman who, having been pimped out by her own father, is told by a fan of Nietsche, "Use men to get the things you want. Maureen O'Sullivan plays one of the love interests.īaby Face (1933). That's the main plot thread there are several sub-plots involving people who work in the building. Meanwhile, he's also trying to balance a love life against his business interests. Warren William plays a businessman who owns the tallest building in New York, and is trying to keep control over it. This week's theme is tall buildings, and being a fan of older films, I've picked a couple of older movies once again: This being Thursday, it's time for another edition of "Thursday Movie Picks", the blogathon run by Wandering Through the Shelves.
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