Today we watched a classic movie, "An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, shot in 1957. I would have been in junior high school when the movie was first released. Didn't think much about that until one of the dresses* worn by Kerr reminded me of the Easter dress I had about that time--an organdy shirtwaist dress! Even had a very similar hat for the outfit, just like she did! Mother always made my clothes so I wonder if the pattern was just a popular style at the time. I don't think she would have seen the movie.
Then I noticed the pinched waists--the hour-glass figure on every woman--and even on one of the billboards! Those pinched waists reminded me of how small my waist was back then but I never had that hour-glass figure. Even though my waist was about 28 inches my other two measurements were not much larger! Broomsticks weren't "in" because Twiggy had not yet hit the world. So what else could a girl do except compare herself to the "biggies" like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield?
Next observation about the movie: relationship communication was shallow, sprinkled with cliches, innuendos, and metaphors. Mind reading was assumed and practiced. Female pride secured her secrets. Not the healthiest ways to nurture relationship!
In spite of all that, I enjoyed the movie and found the back story most interesting.
Memorable Quote: "Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories."
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*It was the dress she wore to the grandmother's home. (I also had a blouse almost identical to the one Kerr wore with tucks and lace on the front.)
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ReplyDeleteDid you ever notice that not once do Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr kiss. It is so much more romantic when they leave it to the viewers imagination. Unlike today when they show all!!!
Yes, way too much shown today. Once I heard an interview with Alfred Hitchcock and he spoke directly to the value of leaving a lot to our imagination. But he also used a lot of symbolism in his movie making--but that's the stuff for another blog, perhaps. :)
ReplyDeleteI also went to your blog when I saw your agreement to one of my comments on Morning Coffee.