The studio tank at Republic studios, where John Wayne shot Wake of the Red Witch (1948), was where the dummy of ‘Shelley Winters (I)’ in the underwater sequence was shot for The Night of the Hunter (1955). The eerie shots were filmed by an underwater cameraman in a scuba outfit and a camera that had to be held by him on a hook. Initially the tank at Fox was used but the paint inside the tank was flaking, and the water was not clear. [x]
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Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955). This beautiful, frightening and very stylized film terrified and mesmerized me as a kid. It’s still one of my favorite films.
Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955). This beautiful, frightening and very stylized film terrified and mesmerized me as a kid. It’s still one of my favorite films.
