Rolls-Royce Phantom III

Rolls-Royce Phantom III in Monsieur Ripois, Movie, 1954

Class: Cars, Limousine — Model origin:

01:27:34 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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dsl ◊ 2013-06-20 13:33	Could this be real event footage from 53-54, so identifiable in real life?
DidierF ◊ 2013-06-20 13:52	dsl wrote Could this be real event footage from 53-54, so identifiable in real life? To me, it's not likely. There is a sequence for the wedding, with at least one R-R hired and used. And on this, the angle (plongée) is really typical of those used by René Clément. You'll see other exemples in Le château de verre /movie.php?id=42194.
robgeelen2 ◊ 2013-06-21 01:00	I think these are all cars used by Basil Leventon, the undertaker, who at one time had no fewer than 12 big sombre Limousine and Hearses on the Rolls-Royce Phantom III chassis, many of them powered not by their original engine, but by a replacement Rolls-Royce B80 straight eight engine. They would not normally have been employed as wedding cars in real life, but they would have been available for a special gig like this...

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dsl

◊ 2013-06-20 13:33

Could this be real event footage from 53-54, so identifiable in real life?

DidierF

◊ 2013-06-20 13:52

dsl wrote Could this be real event footage from 53-54, so identifiable in real life?

To me, it's not likely. There is a sequence for the wedding, with at least one R-R hired and used.
And on this, the angle (plongée) is really typical of those used by René Clément. You'll see other exemples in Le château de verre /movie.php?id=42194.

robgeelen2

◊ 2013-06-21 01:00

I think these are all cars used by Basil Leventon, the undertaker, who at one time had no fewer than 12 big sombre Limousine and Hearses on the Rolls-Royce Phantom III chassis, many of them powered not by their original engine, but by a replacement Rolls-Royce B80 straight eight engine. They would not normally have been employed as wedding cars in real life, but they would have been available for a special gig like this...

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