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Warner Bros set trivia

posted 17 years ago by laxlon
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The wonderful staircase at Doris's mansion is a standing set used in many other Warners movies and TV shows from 1948 to the early 1960s

Here's an approximate list with dates.

1948 Bright Leaf Bacall's Southern Plantation
1950 Tea for Two Doris Day's Long Island mansion
1951 Strangers on a Train Leo G Carrol's Washington Mansion
1953 So Big Mansion of possible father in law
1957 Band of Angeles Clark Gable's southern plantation
1957 Spirit of St Louis Hotel lobby before Lindburgh takes off
1958 Auntie Mame Mame's Beekman Place home, reset many times
1959 A Summer Place Fancy school attended by Sandra Dee
1960 Ocean's Eleven Ilka Chase's fancy mansion
1961 Parrish Karl Malden's mansion
1962 Rome Adventure Rossano Brassi's Rome apartment

Any other sightings, let me know.
Richard

[–] kathleencurley1 16 years ago

Has anyone else noticed the similarities in plot and set between this and "The Gang's All Here" - e.g. inviting the cast back to the house, complete with outdoor pool, in Westchester and the house itself.

[–] laxlon 9 years ago

Found another one

1954 "Lucky Me", with Doris Day. An awful movie in color and wide screen, staircase is in the mansion of Martha hyer.