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1. Did Carol Lynley sing "The Morning After," or was her singing voice dubbed?
From The World's First Carol Lynley Fan Page FAQ: According to Al Kasha, Carol did indeed record "The Morning After" for The Poseidon Adventure, but so did French singer Renee Armand — and, believe it or not, the two voices were blended together (i.e., lines were interspersed) for the final result on the soundtrack. No one (but, I guess, whoever did the final mixing) knows exactly how much of what you hear is Carol, and how much is Renee — that's how much they alike they sounded. Why they did it this way is a mystery to me, since Carol could (and still can) sing.
2. Why do the chairs in the dining room stay attached to the floor after the ship turns over?
Explains Paul Wilson, Dining-Chair Expert Extraordinaire: "I too, particularly as a child of 8 or 9, was astounded by the chairs, and why and how, if they were indeed bolted down, they were all at crazy angles to the tables and each other — I really noticed this in the Viewmaster(tm).
"The chairs are indeed attached to the floor, as the ship was old and rolled quite a bit, however they are not bolted. If you notice some are at crazy angles and appear to be dangling, while others have fallen. They are in fact tethered to the floor via a single tightly wound cable, which attaches from the center of the BOTTOM of the chair into the floor. This allows for the chair to be pulled out, pushed in, turned around, etc., hence the crazy angles they assume post-capsize.
"The tethers are visible in some of the People Sliding Across the Floor shots and the People Hanging From Tables shots (some of the chairs are even slightly moving, actually dangling). One is clearly seen when Belle and Manny are awakening in the debris after the capsize, and a sideways chair with its bottom exposed shows a metal loop; another is seen post-capsize as Belle comes too amidst an overturned chair and mashed centerpiece, as well as various other places where sometimes only the metal eyehook is visible, the cable long since ripped out.
"Analysis of stills in the dining salon set also show this; a metal loop on the floor, a cable then extending to a similar metal loop affixed to the chair's bottom. And some were simply wrenched loose in the violence of the capsize! So there you go."
3. What is Eric Shea doing these days?
No one knew for many years. Today, we know he is an electrician.
4. What happened to Nonnie's costume — especially those tan go-go boots?
From The World's First Carol Lynley Fan Page FAQ: If I had a nickel for everyone who would love to own Carol's Nonnie costume — especially her go-go boots — I'd be very rich indeed. Nonnie's tan boots — as well as her orange top, her pendant, and the gold jacket and chain she wears in the sermon scene — were actually out of Carol's personal wardrobe. Carol says that her boots shrank so much from being wet all the time that they had to be slit up the backs so she could get into them. She didn't keep anything from her original costume, so my guess is that the top and the boots were unceremoniously discarded when Poseidon wrapped.
5. Was Shelley Winters padded, or did she really gain 60 pounds for her role as Belle?
Yes, and yes. |
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| Did the cast do all their own stunts, or were stunt doubles used?
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The principle cast members did almost all their own, except for the most dangerous stuntwork — and more than a few came away with the battle scars to prove it: Almost the entire cast sustained bruises and abrasions; in particular, Gene Hackman strained ligaments in both knees, and Stella Stevens burned her butt on a hot pipe.
The only time a double was used for Carol Lynley (who is deathly afraid of heights) was when she had to be very high up in the air — like in some of the catwalk shots. (The double is easy to spot — her hair is kinky, and she completely lacks Carol's curves). And yep, those are doubles for Carol and Red (I'm not sure if that was Ernie or a double for Ernie) in the quick shot of Nonnie, Martin, and Rogo moving to either side of the ladder to make way for Acres' (Roddy McDowall's double) plunge down the airshaft.
To film the scene of Nonnie paralyzed with fear on the ladder, however, they put Carol on an apple crate about twelve inches high, with Red on his knees behind her, and Ernie practically lying on his back on the sound-stage floor. Carol talks about all this in the interview I did with her in '98. |
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| Didn't Carol Lynley refuse to do her own underwater swimming?
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| Rona Barrett (in one of her gossip rags) was the one to spread the rumor that Carol inexplicably refused to do her own underwater swimming. That's a complete falsehood; Carol did all her own swimming in TPA. (In fact, she loves to swim, and still swims a lot.) |
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| Did the cast have to read for their roles, or were the roles just offered to them?
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| I know only what Carol Lynley has told me about her own role: No. Carol got a phone call from her agent out of the blue, telling her she'd been offered the part. She took it on the spot, and was on the set three days later. |
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| Does Cabin M-45 (the Rogos' cabin) really exist?
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Yes. The door does, and is in the exact geographic configuration as seen in the film (near the ticket bureau office on "M" deck) as we see the Dr. and the Nurse walk towards the Rogos' stateroom. The interior layout of the stateroom, however, was a set, as there is a cut from the shot of the doctor knocking to the shot of Rogo answering. This is where a duplicate door and the set took over.
In reality, M-45 changed from M-45 to M-005 when the numbering system was changed in the later 'seventies. The interior layout of the real room (a Mount Poseidon List Member actually STAYED in it!) is nothing like the Rogos'. In reality, a small single-bed chamber greets you inside the door, and a little hall at the right with an adjoining bathroom leads you to the double bed in a larger room.
An interesting detail in this scene appears in the ticket bureau window nearest the hall: a colorful and detailed ad for Israel, featuring a sunburst, a menorah, and a model or rendering of the Poseidon sitting at the base behind the glass. - Paul |
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| How big was the model used for the capsizing of the S.S. Poseidon?
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| The model (which is on display at the Maritime Museum in Long Beach, California) was built to 1/4-scale, measuring 21 feet, six inches long. |
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| How much did each of the principles get paid for starring in The Film?
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| I don't know, and I'm too polite to ask any of them. |
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| How old was everyone in the cast when Poseidon was made?
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| Gene Hackman | 42 | (b. 1/30/30) |
| Ernest Borgnine | 55 | (b. 1/24/17) |
| Red Buttons | 53 | (b. 2/5/19) |
| Carol Lynley | 30 | (b. 2/13/42) |
| Roddy McDowall | 44 | (b. 9/17/28) |
| Stella Stevens | 37 | (b. 10/1/35) |
| Shelley Winters | 50 | (b. 8/18/22) |
| Jack Albertson | 65 | (b. 6/16/07) |
| Pamela Sue Martin | 19 | (b. 1/5/53) |
| Eric Shea | 12 | (b. 2/2/60) |
| Arthur O'Connell | 66 | (b. 3/29/08) |
| Leslie Nielsen | 46 | (b. 2/11/26) |
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