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Act I costumes and do's.

posted 15 years ago by Mkeydude
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In the beginning, there was light. No sorry--I fell into my evangelist persona. In the beginning of the movie, the director almost had the 1920s down pat until the dance with the girls wearing that long 60s hair. The girls in the '20s wore bobbed hair. How tough would it have been for the director to throw on some marcelled wigs or a turban here or there. Its been a while since I've seen the movie and I don't think the dresses were '20s period either. What a let down. Ya gotta know the wardrobe department had tons of 20s garb.

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[–] bradford-1 15 years ago

This isn't the only 60's film that gets period hair styles and wardrobes totally wrong. Take a look at Ann-Margret and Tuesday Weld in THE CINCINNATI KID. Or Candice Bergen in THE SAND PEBBLES. Or the entire casts in THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? and THE GROUP. I guess the powers-that-be didn't want their "with-it, groovy" stars to look strange to current viewers. BONNIE AND CLYDE at least TRIED to get things right, probably due to Beattty's perfectionism. And don't get me started on '60's Westerns!

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[–] Kelt Smith 14 years ago

I wonder if the scene was filmed on location and he used extras ?
ALDRICH also used family, friends in scenes which explains the bad line delivery of those in the initial party scene.

Agree about almost all of the women in the party scene from '27 not looking a thing like 1927. 90 some percent of them have 60s hair. You can see quite a few bouffants, lots of bleached hair, teased hair, nothing from the 20s. The clothes on the young women look like they wore their prom or dance dresses from the mid 60s and the shoes are those pumps that we popular in the late 50s to mid 60s with the pointy toe and stiletto heels.

"Other than that Mrs.Lincoln how did you like our little play ?"-actress Laura Keene

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