Boy Sliding Down Banister Impaled On Picket Fence

[D. Spencer Hines]

What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is sliding
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

DSH

[Rosanne]

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is sliding
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

Sounds like "Spellbound" 1945.

Rosanne

[Grant Hurlock]

. . . a young boy is sliding
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

Not an answer to your question, but I read on IMDb biography that
something similar happened in real life to the son of Romy Schneider,
hastening her own tragic slide & premature demise.
Amazing actress, Romy Schneider--(facially & emotionally reminiscent of
Spellbound's Ingrid Bergman, too).

[Vince]

Post by Grant Hurlock
Amazing actress, Romy Schneider--(facially & emotionally reminiscent of
Spellbound's Ingrid Bergman, too).

Oh she was wonderful.

Vince
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<< Not an answer to your question, but I read on IMDb biography that
something similar happened in real life to the son of Romy Schneider,
hastening her own tragic slide & premature demise. >>

Yeah, that's what I thought of when I saw the subject. She only outlived him
by like a year, didn't she?


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Post by ANIM8Rfsk
<< Not an answer to your question, but I read on IMDb biography that
something similar happened in real life to the son of Romy Schneider,
hastening her own tragic slide & premature demise. >>
Yeah, that's what I thought of when I saw the subject. She only outlived him
by like a year, didn't she?

She went into a state of despair and finally committed suicide.

Dudley du Pont

[Vince]

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is sliding
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

Funny you should bring that up as something like that happens on CSI tonight.

Vince
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[David Matthews]

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is

sliding

Post by D. Spencer Hines
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

"Spellbound"

Dave in Toronto

[Stephen Cooke]

Post by Rosanne

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is
sliding down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is
impaled on
a wrought-iron picket fence?

"Spellbound"

Just curious...is there such thing as a "wrought-iron picket fence"?

swac
Always thought they were wood....

[D. Spencer Hines]

Thank you kindly.

Something similar happened to Humprey Bogart's uncle.

DSH

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| Dave in Toronto

[larry legallo]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:29:28 -1000, "D. Spencer Hines"

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is sliding
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

It's proabably Spellbound, but the boy actually kicks his brother into
the fence.

Only Hitchcock could use an event like that as a cathartic memory.

[David Matthews]

Post by larry legallo
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 17:29:28 -1000, "D. Spencer Hines"

Post by D. Spencer Hines
What is the classic black and white film where a young boy is

sliding

Post by larry legallo

Post by D. Spencer Hines
down a banister and is killed when he overshoots and is impaled on a
wrought-iron picket fence?

It's proabably Spellbound, but the boy actually kicks his brother into
the fence.
Only Hitchcock could use an event like that as a cathartic memory.

A chilling scene as I remember. Especially the way it was cut into the
skiing sequence.

Dave in Toronto.

[larry legallo]

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 23:19:07 -0500, "David Matthews"

Post by larry legallo
Only Hitchcock could use an event like that as a cathartic memory.

A chilling scene as I remember. Especially the way it was cut into the
skiing sequence.

Yes. What really startled me the first time I saw it (and what still
amazes me) is the way Hitchcock cuts from the shot of the boy impaled
on the fence immediately back to a *relieved* Gregory Peck, genuinely
assured that he wasn't responsible for his brother's death as he had
feared.

So you're at once horrified at the flashback, then happy for Peck-
along with Bergman- but still uneasy that he could consider such a
death an accident. I mean maybe it was, but it's still a pretty
gruesome accident.