By Kerry Knight
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Why? Because they make a perfect movie prop. They’re free-standing, so the tub can be
moved to any part of the room where lighting is best. Secondly, the camera
shots and angles can be varied. They can
be filled to the top with water and filled with bubbles to garner a PG
rating. Some model tubs can hold two
people at once (which may eliminate the PG rating). And, like a Hollywood ingénue, they’re very attractive
with sexy lines, shapes and gorgeous legs.
Hollywood often sells sex, even with bathtubs. Let’s revisit at a few scenes that these
tubs made famous.
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Goldfinger, 1964. This classic spy thriller featured Sean
Connery as the original James Bond. The opening scene to the epic Bond movie has 007 blowing up a hidden heroin lab before
appearing at a calypso club in some part of Latin America. A beautiful dancer in her dressing room
emerges from a Clawfoot tub to embrace Bond for a kiss. James sees a thug standing behind him in the
reflection of her eyes, so he spins the girl around to take the hit. After a brief skirmish, Bond throws the
assailant into the tub that’s filled with water. As the assassin reaches for Bond’s gun, 007
knocks an electric fan into the water and electrocutes his would-be assassin. Bond’s characteristic tongue-in-cheek last
words in the scene? “Shocking, positively shocking.”
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Fatal Attraction, 1987. This
movie has been called, “every married man’s worse nightmare.” In it, Glenn Close plays a crazy ― no, completely nuts is a better description ― jilted
lover who has just had an affair with Michael Douglas’ character. (Close was nominated for an Oscar for this
film and should have gotten it. She was
beaten out by Cher in “Moonstruck.”) In the climactic scene at the end, Douglas
is in the bathroom fighting for his life as a knife-wielding Close is slashing
away at him. Douglas is able to subdue
her and hurls her head first into the Clawfoot tub filled with water. He frantically holds on until she drowns,
while staring him in the face. I just
got goosebumps.
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In the mid-1980s in the movie, Money
Pit, all Shelley Long’s character wanted to do was take a long, hot bath. However, that’s not the way things turned
out. Tom Hanks, her boyfriend, had
purchased a house for them that was a real money pit, absorbing all of his
funds as this thing and then that goes awry with the house. In a memorable scene, Hanks is attempting to
fill a large cast iron tub with water when suddenly the upstairs floor underneath
the tub gives way, hurling him down to the ground floor below. He loses it and starts laughing
hysterically. It’s the funniest laugh I’ve
ever heard, almost maniacal. If you
watch it, you’ll laugh along with them.
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In all of these movie examples
one thing is common. The Clawfoot tub plays
a key role in creating some entertaining life experiences.
Maybe it’s time for you to look
at owning one of these cinematic Clawfoot tub icons. Make your own life’s “memorable movie”
experiences, hopefully pleasant ones. Cowboy hat optional.
Clawfoot Tubs Steal the Show in Movies
In this article, I shared several famous Hollywood movies that featured Clawfoot tubs in some of their most
memorable scenes. If you found this article useful,
please share it with your friends and co-workers. If you have a comment related
to this article, leave it in the Comment section of this blog.
Thanks again for visiting with
us.
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If you’d like to receive a FREE Clawfoot Tub Buyers’ Guide, click here. Have a question? Feel free to contact me at the number or email listed at the end of this article and I’ll personally get back to you. It’s been my pleasure sharing this information with you.
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Alan and Kerry Knight are the
owners of Tub King, Inc., and SeniorBathtub.com in Jacksonville,
Florida. Together they have many years of experience in the antique and
senior bathtub industries. Their companies not only provide superior products,
they are also award winners, receiving the “Best of Jacksonville Chamber Award”
four years running. If you’d like to contact them, call (800) 409-3375 or (800)
843-4231; or send an email to Alan@tubking.com.
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