Mid-century modern sets

I really like that style, too. Frank Sinatra's bachelor pad in "The Tender Trap" and Dick Powell's in "Susan Slept Here" come to mind. "Slightly Scarlett" has some good sets and the country club coctail party in "All That Heaven Allows" is a good example.

Ever since I was a little girl I've been in love with the apartment in Hitchcock's 'Rope'. Although it was slightly bookish, like you said, in that they are throwing a cocktail party and everything is very pristine.

<<What are some of your suggestions for movies with good modern looks?>>

The two that immediately come to mind are the house that belongs to Connie Stevens and her parents in Susan Slade, the one they settle in on the California coast after they return from South America. Gosh, I loved that house!

The other is the house Janet Leigh lived in in the film Pepe. What I wouldn't give to see that movie again. I understand it has never been released, and I haven't seen it since 1960 or so, but I will never forget that beautiful living room with the sectional sofa and the panoramic view of - gosh, where was it? Was she in L.A. or were they in Mexico? You tell me.......anyway, the house was gorgeous.

If you want to go further back, I really liked the house Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde lived in in Leave Her to Heaven; I believe it was in New Mexico, very Western in style but expensive looking decor; one could tell he had money. I wouldn't call it "modern", although it is technically "mid-century", but its style is timeless, I think.

The summer retreat house in the last third of "A Summer Place" is amazing. The beach house in "Mildred Pearce" is awesome, too. There are some cool sets in the 1950's version of " A Star is Born" and much of "Pillow Talk", especially Doris Day's apartment, is very cool. The house in "The Party" is pretty cool with the indoor/outdoor pool but some of the textiles are little too post modern/70's for my taste. And someone mentioned the house in "Pepe". THat one is great!

I'll think of some more.

(I have been collecting and living with 1950's/60's furniture and clothes since the 1980's so this is a subject near and dear to my heart.)



"I told you a million times not to talk to me when I'm doing my lashes"!

Many movies shot in the '50s tend to have a lot of that furniture. I was born in 1950, and I am still nostalgic for the styles of that period. I always wanted to have a house like James Mason's house in North by Northwest.

You'll see a lot of great furnishings and architecture in many of the noir films of the '40s and '50s such as The Big Sleep, Kiss Me Deadly, etc.

Here's a list of some movies that have mid-century furniture. Some were shot in the period, but some came later:
http://www.amazon.com/Retro-Midcentury-Modern-Movies-50s-Present/lm/RK 60P8W326D7I

Try Frank Sinatra's Bachelor Pad in "Come Blow Your Horn."

Not really mid century modern but I've always loved the house in Christmas in Connecticut. I think Jimmy Stewart's studio apt. in Rear Window is great.