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Staircase (1969) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Stanley Donen and produced by Stanley Donen.

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Silver Screen Standards: Storms and Silence in The Spiral Staircase (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 11, 2024 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Silver Screen Standards: Storms and Silence in The Spiral Staircase (1946) Gothic atmosphere churns tempestuously in Robert Siodmak’s 1946 mystery, The Spiral Staircase, with a terrific storm in the natural world that mirrors the psychological turbulence experienced by both heroine and killer. ... Read full article

Watching 1939: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

on Feb 2, 2023 From Comet Over Hollywood

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, tha... Read full article

Dorothy McGuire descends "The Spiral Staircase"

By Stephen Reginald on Nov 18, 2020 From Classic Movie Man

Dorothy McGuire descends "The Spiral Staircase" The Spiral Staircase (1946) is a psychological suspense film directed by Robert Siodmak starring Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, and Ethel Barrymore. Dore Schary produced the film; the screenplay was by Mel Dinelli, the music by Roy Webb, and the c... Read full article

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

By Carol Martinheira on Oct 4, 2019 From The Old Hollywood Garden

The Spiral Staircase (1946) On October 4, 2019 By CarolIn Uncategorized After last year’s takes on Nosferatu, Freaks, The Most Dangerous Game, The Invisible Man and The Wolfman, I thought this year’s Classic Horror Month should focus on the psychological ho... Read full article

Up the Down Staircase (1967)

By Beatrice on Aug 12, 2019 From Flickers in Time

Up the Down Staircase Directed by Robert Mulligan Tad Mosel from the novel by Bel Kaufman 1967/US Park Place Production First viewing?/Amazon Instant Loved the book.  Not so keen on the movie. It is Sylvia Barrett’s (Sandy Dennis) first year as a high-school English teacher.  She happens t... Read full article

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Staircase Quotes:

Charles Dyer: I feel like a whore at a choir boy's orgy.
Harry Leeds, Owner of Chez Harry: Charlie, look! Charlie, look! They're making love, they're making love!
[repeated line]
Charles Dyer: I beg yours, I beg yours, rub-a-dub.
Charles Dyer: I mean you're hardly Genghis Khan, so don't waft your feathers too high or we'll see your corsets!
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Staircase Facts
The original Broadway production of "Staircase" by Charles Dyer opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York on March 2, 1968 and ran for 61 performances.
Rex Harrison reportedly hated the film.
Charles Dyer (who wrote play on which movie is based) named one of lead characters after himself and rearranged letters of his name to provide other lead's character name - Harry C. Leeds.
On-screen credits photographically juggle names of Richard Burton and Rex Harrison so quickly it is nearly (and deliberately) impossible to figure out who is top-billed star without benefit of home video freeze frame.
Elizabeth Taylor was shooting The Only Game in Town at the same time as this film was in production. While that film is set in Las Vegas, Taylor demanded that director George Stevens shoot in France so she could be close to her husband, Richard Burton, who was filming Staircase with director Stanley Donen. This caused the budget of The Only Game in Town to grow higher than most large-scale, high-profile films that Fox was producing at the time. Ironically, the production of Staircase was moved to France to save money.
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