The Stairs (1950)

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Movie
Original title The stairs
Country of production United States , Canada
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 10 mins
Rod
Director Ben Maddow
script Ben Maddow
production Helen Levitt
music Lawrence Mezey
camera George Jacobson
cut Sidney Meyers
occupation
  • Emma Agee: Mrs. Potter's daughter
  • Manny Kirschner: her husband
  • Gretchen Mohegan: Child on the stairs
  • Rose Spencer: Mrs. Potter
  • Dimitra Sundeen: grandmother
  • Harvard Sylvia: Mr. Potter
  • Georgia Tolliver: Sales lady

The Stairs (German to the stairs ) is a US-American - Canadian documentary - short film by Ben Maddow from 1950, who also wrote the screenplay. The film deals with the challenges that aging brings with it.

content

For Mrs. Potter, her husband's forced retirement at the age of 65 becomes a challenge, as her husband changes a lot afterwards and lives listless and unhappy into the day. When he dies a few years later, Mrs. Potter moves in with her daughter and her family. There she has to face new circumstances that are not always to her satisfaction. For example, there are disagreements between her and her daughter about raising children. Together, however, you come to the realization that mutual respect is helpful, as well as showing the other that you value them.

So Mrs. Potter thinks about how to deal with the changes in her life and what could lead to a rewarding and engaged life. Her attempt to find a job fails because the business she introduces herself to prefers a younger candidate. However, Mrs. Potter does not give up, but tries to climb the steps of the stairs that fate still holds for her with dignity.

Production notes

It is a production of Film Documents presented by The Department of Mental Health , State of SC, supported by The National Association for Mental Health Inc.

The film was released in the USA on January 1, 1950.

At the 1951 Academy Awards, Film Documents Inc. was nominated for an Oscar for the film in the category “Best Documentary Short Film”, but it went to Edmund Reek and his film Why Korea? went.

Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The Stairs (1950) see themoviedb.org (English)