I hope you all will indulge me and answer a question I've had for a long time. I'm confused by the scene in Criss Cross (1949) where the armored truck is loaded and leaves the Pacific Mutual garage. As it leaves the camera follows it through a window directly above the exit ramp, which appears to be part of a skylight structure. Nothing like this is there now nor was in my memory. I see no sign of it in
e_r's construction photo. Are we really inside the garage or is this a very good set and back-projection effort or what? There are some cuts, but basically it's one continuous scene coming down the stairs from the second floor (or a mezzanine) counting room until the truck turns north on Grand. I cannot get my Google car to stop in exactly the right place so I can look down into the garage exit (and never thought to explore further when I was actually on Grand Ave). I hope this doesn't take forever to load. Thx.
Nice screen. It opens automatically:
Kenneth Patterson and Griff Bennett exit the counting room with the cash:
Patterson's told he has to leave for home right away:
Patterson hands off the money bags to Burt Lancaster:
Bennett and Lancaster head down the stairs. Note the very utilitarian railing:
Lancaster and Bennett cross to the truck over some oddly luxe flooring:
Lancaster stuffs Bennentt and the cash in the back of the truck:
Lancaster gets in the driver's seat. Note the translucent exit doors to the garage:
The doors automatically slide open as the camera pans up (I don't note any drain at the bottom of the ramp):
We can now see the ramp through a window with decorative crossbars:
We now see the top of the truck
through the window and the Mayfair/Checkers Hotel across Grand:
(?)
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Interesting buildings lemster2024. I like that 'ghost' sign.
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