Anyone who lives near SF should check out the annual Earthquake celebration near Lotta’s Fountain.

@York22 i was wondering how did they do that. didn’t look like background boards cuz the bricks did fall down…

@globehunter2 i agreed, but i don’t want an earthquake to balance the equality. lol.

Still to this day is not the best but still great visual effects. The ground breaker of 1936. Still on my top ten disaster sequences of all time.

Around 1:50-1:51 that big ass brick fell on that guy big time !!! OMG :O

Have to say, for 1936, this was state of the art stuff, amazing work making it look real.

one of the best edited sequences in film history… only a bit overshadowed by Eisenstein’s perfect stairs sequence in Battleship Potemkin

Very good movie… although the real quake stroke at five in the morning!

horses…

yah, for the old mov, is a great effect sequence…lol

The after shock shortly afterwards was also very well done, it should be posted with this.

This scene is proof you do not need CGI to be convincing. This scene rivals that of modern movies.

What was worse is after the earthquake the city burned due to the gas leaks. Plus the water supply was limited due to the water system shutting down, so they were unable to put out the fires.

Pretty good techniques used

you will eventually… I first moved to San Jose and was wondering when I would ever feel anything till one evening 2 years ago San Jose was struck with 5.6 earthquake. I thought it was semi truck hitting my house because my house experienced a whiplash effect of shaking. It was very trippy of how motion would move like that.

I like that movie, it got really good effect except the old fashion actors u know they can be quite dramatic. But i think that classic movie made the best earthquake effect!

it’s scary to know this is bound to happen again any day now…i dread the day

History was rewritten for this film. The quake occurred shortly after 5AM but for more dramatic effect the time was changed to early evening.

that was probably a 6.2…i’ve been through worse with my big fat girlfriend.

Re: earthquakes:Sorry Glock but check your facts…earthquakes vary in duration and strength. The 1964 Alaska earthquake, began at 5:36 P.M. AST on Friday, March 27, 1964.[2], Lasting nearly five mins, ,It had a magnitude of 9.2, at the time making it the second largest earthquake in the recorded history of the world.[2][3]” This movie is shown with respect and love in San Francisco, every year. Its a classic, for the cast, the music the special effects. Regards, former resident of So. Calif.

Im sorry, I do like this movie but that is just not what an earthquake is like. They are very brief and happen at least once every 2 years or so. You get used to them.

You gotta remember all the destruction that went down in 1906 they didnt exactly have modern retrofitting. If a quake of that magnitude struck today the damage would be FAR less.

It’s not an award ceremony. Some famous stage actor was in the city doing a performance, and the earthquake happened after the show ended. I’ve never seen this movie, but I heard that’s what happened.

And by high noon, I’m assuming your referring to the wagons and stuff in the street. It was the early 1900′s, so, yeah, they still had horse-drawn carriages and the roads weren’t paved.

Go to your local library and check out the many books they have on the subject. Pretty interesting stuff.

I doubt they would be holding an awards ceremony or that it would look like high noon at that time either. Still a very well done film

I was blown away when as a child i saw this part of the film… It still is good considering it was made so long ago. Antother film is also very good. The Good Earth,,,, l take a look.

I agree, for the age of the movie, the effects are really well done. I have been living in San Francisco and performing with my band for about a year now, and still haven’t experienced one yet…