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Why don't houses in movies/TV shows have storm doors or screened windows?

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Posted - November 28, 2019
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  • 53509

      Because when filmed and viewed in a movie or on television, the screen doors and/or storm windows obscure from vision anything that is on the other side of them. 
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      November 28, 2019 7:06 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I need you to prove to me that none of them do.
      November 28, 2019 7:09 PM MST
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  • 53509
      I didn't state that none of anything does anything. Rewrite, please. 

      November 28, 2019 7:13 PM MST
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  • 46117
    You are correct. I stand corrected.  I want ELEMENT to tell me.  He said it.
      November 28, 2019 9:12 PM MST
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  • 53509


    Thank you, Sharon. 
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      November 28, 2019 9:22 PM MST
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  • 44620
    I also did not say 'none'. I have just never seen one with screens or storm doors.
      November 29, 2019 8:52 AM MST
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  • 44620
    Fake houses.
      November 28, 2019 8:48 PM MST
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  • 23577

    And sometimes there aren't even doors at all.



    As much as I enjoy watching Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," I never noticed this scene's details until I recently read an interview with (my favorite) actress Veronica Cartwright. She plays "Kathy" in this scene, Rod Taylor's ("Mitch") younger sister.

    In the interview she talked about, that at the time of filming the movie, she shared her concern with Hitchcock that there was no door they were walking through - he kindly assured her that it would be done with lighting effects. Sure enough - - Rod opens no door.
    :)

    the 0:10 to 0:33 seconds mark in this video (I hope it posts)

    [I know I've shared this story once before on the site here -  if it was with you, I apologize for repeating it.]


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at November 28, 2019 9:23 PM MST
      November 28, 2019 8:00 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I didn't read it.  It is a great story.  
      November 28, 2019 9:13 PM MST
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  • 23577
    Thanks, Sharonna.
    :)

    I like Cartwright's story a lot, too.
    :)
      November 29, 2019 6:38 AM MST
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  • 14795
    In England.....none of our homes rarely need them.....Our old Victorian homes mostly all have Single glazed double hung sliding windows in them and many still have only 3mm thick glass in them ..
    The 130 year old ones are a real dirty job to change the ropes in.....the dust is really fine from cars rubber tyres and fuel polution particulate emissions ..:(  
      November 28, 2019 8:08 PM MST
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  • 44620
    As did ours. Our modern homes double-glazed windows with built in screens. We all have storm doors here because of our harsh weather.
      November 28, 2019 8:52 PM MST
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