breezyrobin Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Okay, this has been bothering me and it really shouldn't with all the real life problems that I experience... but why in this movie "The Uninvited" with Ray Milland........... Set the stage: He and his sister are on a weekend trip to the cliffs/shores of England...their dog (Bobby) runs into an empty mansion built on a cliff by the sea...they get in through the window and save the squirrel the dog chased...then realize the house is empty and it's beautiful... they decide to pack up life in the city --buy and move into to the mansion, of course if they can afford to.. They can, they do. Sis is preppring house (with stuff in storage from when? Their Mother's house?) anyway, he finally arrives with the housekeeper & her cat...House Beautiful... however, all candles in scenes...leaving all doorways blackened (spooky?)...then all go up the grand staircase to go to bed. Well, Sis tries to tell her brother about strange goings on (active ghosts) while she worked fixing up/decorating/furnishing house and he ignores her and tells her to go to bed...she leaves and here it is... He's laying in bed, candleabra on nightstand, candles ablaze and he's listening to an Electric Radio... Was blackening the house an afterthought on this film? If so, they forgot to remove the radio from his nightstand... Any thoughts? I know...how dumb... but it was bothering me... Also, is the wicked (old) lady in The Big Heat, Marlon Brando's mother? or relative? Her name is Jocelyn Brando.. I've noticed her in bit parts of other old movies but can't recall them all now... Just wondering if his mom was this actress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 The house was built in the era of candles and lamps, then retrofitted with electricity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Jocelyn Brando was the older sister of Marlon by 5 years. She appeared in many films and on TV. She played Glenn Ford's ill fated wife in "The Big Heat", not an old lady, you might be thinking of Jeanette Nolan who was also in that film.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfp2 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 They had battery powered radios back then. Very common in Britain when a lot of places still didn't have electricity. Same in this country. At that time, there were still many rural areas without power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I don't remember the radio in the movie, but the film is coming up tonight, and I'll try to watch for the radio. They did have portable radios back in those days. They were about half the size of a small suitcase. They usually had a carrying handle on top. They had a few small tubes in them, and they used large high-voltage dry cells, which were rectangular and about 1/4 the size of the whole radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I have now seen the scene where he is in bed and there is a radio on the stand and candles. I have seen radios very much like it which had batteries. It is the step design which leads me to believe it was powered by dry cells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 I saw the film again, and I also agree that it was a large table-top portable radio that used a large-sized battery. My family used to have one of these kinds of radios in the late '40s and early '50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezyrobin Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 thanks Mr. Dobbs. Hope you have wonderful vacations! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezyrobin Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Thanks for replying SansFin I appreciate the comments and I considered the fact that it was probably battery operated but like I said originally, it just bothered me...hahahaha :-) Btw: That movie entertains the heck out of me no matter how many times I watch it. The Uninvited is still one of the best "ghost" movies made. I can see where many ideas for "Poltergeist" came from. Regards, Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezyrobin Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Thanks for replying. I was thinking the older actress in The Big Heat but now that you mention it, I've probably seen the Brando actress name and didn't associate with younger blonds in other movies. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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