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Lol me too. I love her ridiculous glasses in that last photo. To me, they perfectly capture how clueless Lena is. I don't know why the glasses convey "cluelessness", but they do.
I just finished watching An American in Paris, (I'm almost at the end of On the Town as I'm typing this) and I was tempted to post all of Leslie Caron's ballet costumes that I loved from the big ballet number... and of course, Gene Kelly's fabulous flesh colored bodysuit.
Speaking of On the Town, while Ann Miller and Vera-Ellen's dresses for the main action of the film were nice, I'm partial to Betty Garrett's fabulous yellow ensemble:
(I've mentioned this before, please bear with me)
Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney make the costuming in White Christmas so special. Two blondes who couldn't really be lovelier, yet, have such distinctly different appearances. Yeah, they played sisters of two different dads, lol.
God bless Edith Head:
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Ok, I've read through this thread but do not see the plot hole I noticed mentioned:
SPOILER ALERT:
When the aunt (Judith Anderson) struck the cat, it howled. In my mind, the first strike must have rendered it motionless otherwise, it would run away, right? She keeps striking & it yowls with each strike. Then Martha hits the aunt, she falls to her death at the bottom of the stairs.
So, when Mr O'Neil comes in & sees "the scene" he tells Martha to put the poker back where she found it. Martha tells the stupid story of the intruder, the cops come & investigate.
DID ANYONE NOTICE THE DEAD CAT ON THE STAIRS?
As for Lizbeth Scott's charactor being a thief or prostitute....maybe both. Maybe one of her "clients" gave her the mink coat as payment, then reported it stolen. That's how I read it anyway.
She definitely "comes on" to the Masterson charactor, but it's not for her "job", but because she really likes him.
Notice how broken up she is at the thought of him dumping her for Martha after a 2 day romance? She is not upset over losing him, per se, but losing the OPPORTUNITY to have a better life-a way out of her past career which got her no where.
Martha in contrast, was given everything on a silver platter. Back then a "career woman" was either a w **** or a b ****.
First, I love that this story has this prolog about the murder, essentially starting like a flashback, though it does a little too much set up about Sam's suggested future. I would like more to been made of the Aunt and Martha's money, but that was subtext.
Yeah, in reference to "DID ANYONE NOTICE THE DEAD CAT ON THE STAIRS?"
The scene needed a catalyst for the murder and so this cat was created to, what?
Make Auntie pretty awful, justifying Martha's attack? I already got that impression from Sam and Martha in the boxcar, and later by Auntie herself.
But you're right TikiSoo, there's the cat to show Martha's intruder story isn't all that accurate. But cops don't mention it and the poor kitty is just forgotten on the stair. Maybe they thought the intruder was busy beating cats too.
Lizbeth Scott's Toni is probably accurate, but she may be more a victim of circumstances.
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I loved Elizabeth Taylor's "slip outfit" that she wears while I believe putting on the white dress (or maybe she's taking the white dress off?).
I'm not a big "slip person," but I must say that Elizabeth Taylor is really rocking this "outfit." She definitely fills out the top much better than I ever do in a slip.
Sometimes, repeating the post makes the pic show up. Great slip. they never fit that well on me
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Robby Benson in "Mom Jeans" in ODE TO BILLY JOE, which was set in Mississippi in the 1950s:
Robby Benson did not wear Daisy Dukes in the movie.
I am absolutely shocked at this pics, and I am afraid I would laugh watching Robbie Benson in Ode to Billie Joe.
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Audrey Hepburn is so cute in this outfit and with this hairstyle in ROMAN HOLIDAY:
(sigh) I can't find a hairdresser and Audrey can so easily, even working on impulse.
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The dress Audrey Hepburn wears to the party in Sabrina is my favorite. Just like the guest at the party the first time I saw that scene I was just overwhelmed with her overall look and the beauty of everything in that look; e.g. the dress, her smile, the hairdo, etc... pitch perfect class (which was what they were going for, for this girl that grew up and lived above a garage).
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and let's not forget Edith Head's transformation of Kim Novak in Vertigo.
From Madeliene:
to Judy:
and back again:
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Love these Makeover characters, Lonesome! Great job digging up these great photos.
Audrey has it down in the ingenue category. It is fun to realize she did the reverse in Roman Holiday
From princess (big picture):
to tourist:
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But I gotta tell you, Holden, my favorite Lucy performance was with --
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Ah, Linda Darnell. As Lora Mae Finney, she could play it lowbrow:
coy and coquettish.
Charming when she wants what she wants, for instance, Porter Hollingsway (Paul Douglas)
Porter claims she has no class, but she sure is beautiful:
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Rita Phipps grew up in the Hudson River town that's the setting for Letter for Three Wives. She has a very progressive marriage with George, and a hopeful chance at the big time writing radio serials (days before television).
She manages her home with the help of Sadie Dugan (Thelma Ritter) who is very aware of Rita's background and doesn't care for snobs like the one Rita has to entertain.
Poor Rita, lovely, smart, creative, and would-be snob.
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First of the wives is Deborah (Jeanne Crain), a former farm girl placed in a position of society lady of leisure, overnight, by marrying Brad Bishop (Jeffrey Lynn). She meets Brad's childhood friends, middle class (but rising in stature) George and Rita Phipps, played by high school teacher Kirk Douglas and radio story writer Ann Sothern. Her dress more than suggests her hayseed background.
But that was a couple years ago. Deborah Bishop cleans up good.
Or, as George Phipps would gently correct, she cleans up well..
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Arturo, you inspired a movie with an excellent job of costumes defining the character.
A Letter to Three Wives:
Linda Darnell - Ann Sothern - Jeanne Crain
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This is great, everyone has beaten me to mentioning my favorites. Another one I like is Easy Living, with Victor Mature:
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Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier:
Classic 1940's Office "girl"
and Of Course, the Dress:
And that nightgown-
She wore it, I am sure, to help the morale of the troops.
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The return of the dress on another star-
I first saw it on Claudette Colbert in Palm Beach Story:
Then I discovered it in a fashion test shot on a Jane Wyman (check out the lace gloves):
And I agree with you about the less than glamorous way Gene was treated in the fifties. I think a youth movement was taking over by then.
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I love the look of History Is Made at Night. It's an underrated gem. Great chemistry between Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur, and great costumes by Bernard Newman.
Now, Jean Arthur's apron I like!
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1990s, the way I remember it- a retrospective:
Wayne's World
Spice Girls
Golden Girls
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Yeah, Holden, but what did you think of Meryl Streep's apron?
haha.
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Wow, what's interesting about this discussion is just how many different ways there are to be evil. Now we can add the political tyrant one to the mix. There's a whole category of psychos who have political power, and abuse it to do horrific things.
Still, I'm not altogether sure that those guys count as psychopaths the way Tommy Udo ( or DeVito) or Cody Jarrett do.
Saw a couple of good evil guys this last week, and played by the same guy, Lyle Bettger
Totally creeping out Barbara Stanwyck in No Man of Her Own (1950)
And playing a newly released convict (apparently paroled out from some heinous crime) in Dear Brat -- Mona Freeman plays the brat. In it, Lyle like to whistle a dirge and slowly sharpen knives and blades, and wear a very crazy/angry look on his face.
I watched Dear Brat as a double bill with Slingblade.
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Lol. That would be amazing.
Who would be in the Bette Davis part? Which sister is more evil?
Olivia did an evil turn in Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (it's the cross I bear) to poor maligned Bette Davis in that one, but I would have preferred to see an evil Joan (she could turn those beautiful eyes so evil in a flash) like her role in Ivy (1947).
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The Funny Girl pics are very good. Thanks for sharing. Fanny Brice has never looked lovelier.
This afternoon, I have been dealing with The Hours (2002), which I believe is aptly named. It seems to be much longer than it actually is. One thing it does well, though, is define the three generations of women involved at three different eras of the 20th Century-
1920's
1951
2002
remember how badly we dressed in the late 1990's ? Ugh.
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No, I couldn't either. I love the TV production values of the '70's. I am just waiting for the next season of Call the Midwife. The music offerings include some of the mid to late Fifties hits, like Perry Como.
Hot Diggity! haha.
Right now, I am watching old episodes of Frasier. Favorite lines from episode 6:
Noel: Hi Roz, you've never worn that sweater on a Tuesday before.
Roz: I've asked you to take your hands out of your pockets when you talk to me.
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Well, Paul Simon would definitely be on any list of mine. As would Bach.
I just found out, one of my favourite songs by Paul Simon sounds a lot like a chorale from Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, a transcendently beautiful piece of music ( sorry to use an embarrassing word like "transcendent", but it is.) Even though I was familiar with both compositions, I'd never realized that before.
Don't worry, I'm not going to post the Bach work - I've learned by now that most of you don't enjoy classical pieces on this thread.
But here's the Paul Simon song, a masterpiece of melody and lyrics. Always gives me that lumpinthethroat feeling. It's an American tune.
Very good. and I love the Brandenburg concertos, so there!
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Yay, the pic showed up on my feed. Don't know why it does this sometimes. Other favs for me-
Or
One more White Christmas, resplendent in Red.