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The Stairs (1950 film)

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The Stairs
Directed byBen Maddow
Written byBen Maddow
Produced byHelen Levitt
Production
companies
Film Documents, Inc. for the Mental Health Film Board and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Distributed byInternational Film Bureau[1]
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Stairs (later renamed as The Steps of Age) is a 1950 American short documentary film. It focuses on a woman in her sixties who retires and goes to live with her daughter.[1]

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lee, Rohama (December 1951). "Previews and Reviews". Film News. Vol. 11, no. 10. pp. 14–15. ISSN 8750-068X – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "NY Times: The Stairs". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
  3. ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 3, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
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