'It's 1852, dumplin'!'

[litlover12]

Jezebel is on TCM (I love you, Summer Under the Stars!), and my goodness, what an absurd fuss about a red dress! In a lot of movies, I have a good deal of sympathy with the forces of morality and order -- even when I'm clearly supposed to sympathize with the opposing forces -- but this was just nuts. As if the ceiling were going to fall in because a girl wore a red dress to a ball. Watching it in the age of Girls Gone Wild, in particular, it boggles the mind.

I do kind of love the way Henry Fonda grits his teeth and makes her go through with it, though!

Comments

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

I've never seen this, so I had to look it up. It's so beautiful! Except it's a BW movie, so you can't get the full effect! Bah.

How I'd love to scandalize everyone someday by wearing a red wedding dress. YES, SUCH THINGS EXIST! I saw one once in a store display. Everyone who walked by did a double take and just GAPED at it. I only wish I'd had a camera at the time. It was the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen, and exactly the right shade of red. I had no idea wedding dresses existed in anything other than white, which I HATE with a passion.

[jadepilot.livejournal.com]

Great performance by Bette Davis, too. I always find this film hard to watch in places--meesa no like confrontations so much. But it is great movie.

[velle.livejournal.com]

This movie sounds brilliant! I wish I had TCM!