For the Self Styled Siren.
Lauren Bacall’s first costume. (“First” in this case meaning with respect to the actual diegetic chronology; the picture actually begins after this scene, which is part of a lengthy flashback.) With Robert Stack.
Dorothy Malone’s first costume. With John Larch as “Roy Carter.”
Lauren Bacall’s final costume. With Maidie Norman and Rock Hudson.
Dorothy Malone’s final costume. With portrait of Robert Keith.
Hat tip: Claire Kenny and Big Screen Classics, which ran the film yesterday at the mighty Lafayette Theatre.
Makes me think of how the checked shirt Tony Leung wears near the end of ‘Chungking Express’, by resembling the convenience store employees’ uniform, seems to prefigure his final-scene change of career.
Moments like this remind me of the pleasures of fresh air.
Wow! Never noticed that, and WotW is probably my favorite Sirk movie. Guess I was too busy playing my patented drinking game: Drink every time you spot a phallic symbol. By the end of the movie, you’ll be drunker than Kyle Hadley!
Not only do I love Claire for pointing this out, I also take this opportunity to tell you that I have a vintage gray suit very much like Bacall’s. If I make it to the Lafayette this winter I’ll wear it. With a pink scarf.
This is fascinating. The switch is so precise it even goes right to their lipstick color – take a look!