The Stairs (1950 film)

The Stairs
Directed by	Ben Maddow
Written by	Ben Maddow
Produced by	Helen Levitt
Production companies	Film Documents, Inc. for the Mental Health Film Board and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Distributed by	International Film Bureau [1]
Release date	1950 (1950)
Country	United States
Language	English

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

1. 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.

External links

• The Stairs at IMDb
• The Steps of Age at the National Film Preservation Foundation
• The Steps of Age at the United States National Library of Medicine