A scene from "Hello Dolly". Fairly obvious are
what would later be used as Poseidon's skylights. Image courtesy of Roger Page.
Another scene from "Hello Dolly" showing Poseidon's
skylights. The large urn (fountain?) pictured was later used in the Promenade Room
in "The Towering Inferno". Once again, this image and trivia courtesy of Roger Page.
Getting ready to shoot the flood scene. Image courtesy of Roger Page.
This picture of a rehearsal of the tree falling scene shows some
good detail of the broken skylight--something you never see in the film after Ernie
Orsatti falls into it. NOTE: There
were three skylights in the Poseidon Dining Salon--not two which is widely thought.
They were positioned between the marble pillars of which there
were four on each side of the room.
Once again, a section of the broken skylight from a different
vantage point during the explosion seen.
A rare shot of Ernie Orsatti in the skylight.
One of the Poseidon's skylights was used as a futuristic home
decoration in the 1973 Woody Allen Movie, "Sleeper".
A publicity still of the tree climbing scene. Just what is
that thing Jack Albertson is standing on?
Not really a behind the scenes photo, but I thought it showed
some good detail of this scene.
A rare publicity still of the kitchen scene. Note the lack of
smoke,steam, and dead extras.
I never caught this until recently. A body floats in from
the kitchen just before the end of this scene.
An interesting shot of Gene Hackman before the swimming scene.
A publicity still just before Shelly Winters' memorable scene.
A recreation of the engine room at the Movieland Wax Museum
in Buena Park, California, near Knott's Berry Farm.
Ernest Borgnine and Stella Stevens rehearsing in the Engine Room set.
A fairly rare still from the Japan Movie Premier Program.
The hull set used in the last scene on the 20th Century FOX
back lot (now Century City.) This piece of film was added to a matte painting of the
upside-down hull and propellers--fairly obvious on the small screen.