FROU FROU LIST - A

Petticoats and Crinolines in Films

Please take notice: These films mostly contain lovely visions of bouffant skirts, particularly of the 50's style, and MIGHT show peeks of petticoats. Very few show full petti-views (these will be noted). We are also now adding films which feature classic crinolines and petticoat as well. You might also review the corsetfilm list located at www.staylace.com/films/indexfiles/a/index.html

Many of the corset-era productions show gowns and petticoats as well!

Any rating comments obviously refer to the quality of the film vis-à-vis frou-frou

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1961	THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR -- Occasional fifties bouffant  BUY THE DVD	NANCY OLSON
1986	ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS -- 50s Haute Couture (including mermaid sheaths)	PATSY KENSIT
1976	L'ACROBATE French -- Dedicated to tango dances exhibitions, showing gorgeous ballroom gowns of different colors.	MICHELINE DAX
2007	ACROSS THE UNIVERSE	EVAN RACHEL WOOD
1964	ADVANCE TO THE REAR          Publicity Photo        Own the DVD	STELLA STEVENS
1987	ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING -- Getting ready for her date a la froufrou!!	ELISABETH SHUE
1967	THE ADVENTURES OF BULLWHIP GRIFFIN -- Great dance hall dress! The western pettis are all right, too!	SUZANNE PLESHETTE
1953	THE AFFAIRS OF DOBIE GILLIS -- This delightful, very funny, early 1950's film has numerous shots of girls in full skirts and petticoats, but the real highlight occurs when Miss Reynolds completely looses her dress while trying to help Bobby Van fix his car. Her skirt gets caught in the fan belt, and she is left standing in her underwear, including some very pretty petticoats. She tries to sneak back into her house, only to be cornered by her shocked parents. It's funny and sexy at the same time. Review by Rhonda Risque	DEBBIE REYNOLDS
1957	AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER	DEBORAH KERR
1952	AGAINST ALL FLAGS -- Flashes of Buccaneer Era petticoats	MAUREEN O'HARA
1954	AH! LES BELLES BACCHANTES (a/k/a 'Femmes de Paris') French  -- Fin de Cecle undressings, with appropriate petticoats	COLETTE BROSSET
1955	AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' -- Poufy showgirls outfits	MAMIE VAN DOREN
1972	ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND --Ms. Fullerton wears the prettiest Alice costume with a pinafore to die for!  As the screenplay includes a few dances and Alice skips and jumps along a number of times, there is a pleasing amount of petticoat on view as well as delicious drawers.  Review by Dara	FIONA FULLERTON
1933	ALICE IN WONDERLAND  Click here for image*	CHARLOTTE HENRY
1983	ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Part of the "Great Performances" TV series)	KATE BURTON
2010	ALICE IN WONDERLAND  Click here for image	MIA WASIKOWSKA & ANNE HATHAWAY
1998	ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (British TV Movie)   Click here for image*	KATE BECKINSALE
1996	ALIEN AVENGERS (TVM) -- Alien mother constantly wears bouffant, fifties dresses, and shows her pettis on many an occasion. Moving Clip	SHANNA REED
1950	ALL ABOUT EVE -- A great shot of a full hoopskirt as Ms. Davis takes it off from under her Civil War era dress once offstage.	BETTE DAVIS
1955	AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY -- 50s bouffant	JEANNIE CARSON & DIANA DORS
1998	ALL I WANNA DO a/k/a Strike! -- A private girls school, and private boys school, get together at a dance. Some 60's pettis, dresses etc. with one girl exiting through a window near the end of the film, dressed in a skirt showing red froufrou underneath. BUY THE DVD!	KIRSTEN DUNST & MONICA KEENA
1955	ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS	AGNES MOOREHEAD
1956	THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER -- 50s bouffant plus ballet tutus and cigarette girls.    BUY THE DVD!	OLIVIA de HAVILLAND
1973	AMERICAN GRAFFITI -- Considering the era in which it took place, this is a very disappointing film, petti-wise.  Here are a few clips, though.	CANDY CLARK
1978	AMERICAN HOT WAX	FRAN DRESCHER
1951	AMERICAN IN PARIS -- Cancan! and 50s bouffant	LESLIE CARON
2000	AMERICAN PSYCHO -- Glimpse of night club bouffant	SAMANTHA MATHI
1965	THE AMOROUS ADVENTURES OF MOLL FLANDERS -- Beautiful dresses in sumptuous satins and silk taffetas of the 18th century -- lots of lovely swishes and rustles and glimpses of taffeta petticoats, ruffles etc,  -- Review by Dave Barber	KIM  NOVAK
1961	EL ANALFABETO Mexican -- 50s bouffant      BUY IT!	(VARIED)
1956	...AND GOD CREATED WOMAN    WOW!	BRIGITTE BARDOT
1947	ANGEL AND THE BADMAN -- Old west bouffant   BUY IT!	GAIL RUSSELL
1995	ANGELS AND INSECTS -- Victorian crinolines, beautiful gowns!	KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS
1978	ANIMAL HOUSE -- Notice the girl in in a party frock and a white petticoat at the toga party (she eventually removes it). Comment by Lila	VERNA BLOOM
1987	ANNA -- Hoops.	SALLY KIRKLAND
1999	ANNA AND THE KING -- Generally misses the boat with the dressing scene, but Ms. Fosters does justice to her hoops!  From an interview with Miss Foster: "......But everyone was sweating it after the vast production set up shop last year under Malaysia's scorching sun. 'Getting 25 elephants, 2,000 extras, and 250 horses back to position 1 for take 2 in 120-degree heat doesn't always happen as fast as you want it to,' says Tennant. Luckily, he could count on his leading lady to keep cool under pressure. 'In the heat and humidity I was in corset, bonnet, three petticoats, a hoopskirt, leather boots, and gloves,' she says. 'It makes you realize that back then these English people were insane. Luckily I'm not a big sweater, or this film really could have been a disaster.'"	JODIE FOSTER
1946	ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM -- Plenty of hoop skirts and hoopskirts. Note particularly the scene where Siamese women are dressed in Western garb.	IRENE DUNNE
1997	ANNA KARENINA --  Very nice bustled gowns    Vidclip BUY THE DVD!	SOPHIE MARCEAU
1955	AN ANNAPOLIS STORY -- Fifties bouffant	DIANA LYNN
1956	ANYTHING GOES -- Nice few glimpses of frou frou on the French Line ocean liner going to the states, dark hair co-female star in white chiffon full dress with black spots, reveals net and tulle underskirts.  Ms. Gaynor shows in her cabin wardrobe, a lovely taffeta creation of cream with olive green -- lovely loud rustles as she handles it, but sadly, only briefly, and (a great disappointment) she never does wear it in the film either. -- Review by Dave Barber	MITZI GAYNOR
1952	APRIL IN PARIS -- Early Fifties bouffant & Ms. Day show dance scene     BUY IT!	DORIS DAY
1957	APRIL LOVE-- Watch the typical fifties dance scene.	SHIRLEY JONES
1956	AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS -- Flamenco pettis!	(NON-SPECIFIC)
1955	ARTISTS AND MODELS -- Lots of dancer froufrou. Watch for the "Alice in Wonderland"  costume at the masquerade.	DOROTHY MALONE
1955	AS LONG AS THEY'RE HAPPY -- Fifties bouffant	JEANNIE CARSON & DIANA DORS
2006	THE ASTRONAUT FARMER -- Short snippet of square dancing    BUY THE DVD!	VIRGINIA MADSEN
1958	ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE      BUY IT!	JUNE KENNEY
2000	THE AUDREY HEPBURN STORY - TVM -- Watch the little girls in the park at the beginning.  Then, later.......well, we know what to expect!.	JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT
1956	AUTUMN LEAVES -- 50s bouffant BUY IT!	JOAN CRAWFORD
1960	AUF WIEDERSEHEN	ELKE SOMMER

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