FROU FROU LIST - B

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!

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1939	BABES IN ARMS BUY THE VIDEO!	JUDY GARLAND
1961	BABES IN TOYLAND -- Annette is seen throughout the film in some very froufrou dresses. One of the best dresses is seen when Barnaby is trying to get her hand in marriage and dances with Annette. Lots of twirls show her lovely petticoats. A happy shade of green. Review and pictures by Shelley	ANNETTE FUNICELLO
1956	BABY DOLL	CAROLL BAKER
1935	BABY, TAKE A BOW -- "An adorable ball of fluff!" -- Pammie    VidClip	SHIRLEY TEMPLE
1985  -90	BACK TO THE FUTURE I, II, III --  In part 1 and 2, Lea Thompson’s fine petticoats are ruffled in the front seat of her boyfriend’s car. Plenty to admire here! Review by Shelley	LEA THOMPSON
1954	THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA -- Extravagant "fifties" bouffant BUY THE DVD!	AVA GARDNER
1957	THE BATCHELOR PARTY -- Occasional "fifties" bouffant BUY THE VIDEO!	PATRICIA SMITH
1958	BACHELOR OF HEARTS	SILVIA SYMS
1956	THE BAD SEED -- Little girl poufies	PATTY McCORMICK
1957	BAND OF ANGELS -- 19th Century pettis	YVONNE DE CARLO
1962	BAND OF THIEVES -- "Fifties" bouffant	JENNIFER JAYNE & CAROL DEENE
1953	THE BAND WAGON -- Ms. Fabray's dancing dress is VERY poufy and Ms. Fabray wears a unique gown...also Miss Charisse dancing in a tutu.	CYD CHARISSE & NANETTE FABRAY.
1944	BATHING BEAUTY -- Toward the middle, there is not only a Mexican pettifest on stage, but another scene with a myriad of pretty girls in identical, very impressive tutus and, for those who want to know, Red Skelton joins them in ballet lessons, dressed as they are!  OWN IT ON DVD!	ESTHER WILLIAMS
1988	BEACHES -- Little girl stage show	GRACE JOHNSTON
1963	BEACH PARTY -- Just a glimpse of pouf on the beach.	ANNETTE FUNICELLO
1953	BEAT THE DEVIL --  Glimpses of 50s bouffant, but rare. BUY THE DVD!	JENNIFER JONES
1997	THE BEAUTICIAN AND THE BEAST -- Ball gowns! Especially hers! And in the last ten minutes, Ms. Drescher is wearing a 50's style orange dress with petticoats underneath. We catch a glimpse when she sits on the stairs, but the poufiness of the dress makes it evident long before that. Review by Stephanie	FRAN DRESCHER
2000	BEAUTIFUL -- At the beginning, there are black-and-white clips of old beauty contests, perhaps all from Miss America pageants. Many of these clips show (briefly) the glorious gowns of the fifties and early sixties, bolstered, of course, by crinolines, although they don't show. In the movie itself, Ms. Driver and others wear various interesting costumes, including ball gowns and tutu-like dresses. Review by Priscilla	MINNIE DRIVER
1958	BEAUTIFUL BUT DANGEROUS -- Ms. Lollobrigida in a "mermaid" evening gown!	GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
2007	BECAUSE I SAID SO -- One petti scene, but Ms. Keaton is poufy a lot.  BUY THE VIDEO!	DIANE KEATON
1960	BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG -- Typical fifties bouffant	ROBERTA SHORE TUESDAY WELD
1971	THE BEGUILED -- One scene shows the star on the ground with a man, her petticoats all in disarray!	GERALDINE PAGE
1960	THE BELLBOY  -- Varies 50s bouffant walk-bys	(ANONYMOUS)
1946	LA BELLE ET LA BÊTE French -- ("Beauty and the Beast")	JOSETTE DAY
1952	THE BELLE OF NEW YORK  Click here for 4 images	VERA-ELLEN
1960	BELLS ARE RINGING -- Ms. Holiday wears some sweet dresses in this one. Catch the adorable number when she is crawling on her hands and knees in front of the couch that Dean Martin is laying on. Just beautiful! Review by Shelley BUY THE DVD!	JUDY HOLLIDAY
1955	THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY -- Although most of the store takes place in the 1920's and 1930's, Ms. Reed clearly wears many mid-1950's gowns with petticoats. I particularly like the green satin gown she wears in one scene. Furthermore, there are dance sequences with young people who are clearly dressed in the styles popular when the movie was made. Review by Rhonda Risque	DONNA REED
1957	BERNADINE -- 50s bouffant	TERRY MOORE
1969	BEST HOUSE IN LONDON -- Brothel pettis.	JOANNA PETTET
1982	THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS -- Miss Parton briefly shown in petticoats, as well as an introduction number featuring a chorus of gals in pettis.  Dance scene vidclip BUY THE DVD!	DOLLY PARTON
1959	THE BEST OF EVERYTHING -- Fifties bouffant	HOPE LANG
1980	BEULAH LAND TVM -- The scene featuring plantation mistress being photographed in her biggest hoops near the mansion is well worth it, according to Jerome! Aside from that, there are plenty of anti-Bellum petticoats!	LESLIE ANN WARREN
2005	BEWITCHED -- Ms. Kidman strolls about in public with her fashion-statement petti.   10 MByte clip BUY THE VIDEO!	NICOLE KIDMAN
2004	BEYOND THE SEA -- 50s pettis.  Promo picture	KATE BOSWORTH
1999	BICENTENNIAL MAN -- In the second half of the film, there is a short sequence at a futuristic ball with women dressed in gowns, some with retro hoops and full long skirts. BUY THE DVD!	EMBETH DAVIDTZ
1988	BIG -- Trampoline fun!       (Other trampoline fun! - not from the movie)	ELIZABETH PERKINS
1988	BIG BUSINESS -- Bouffant checkered gingham dresses!  Ms. Midler’s best scene is while doing a stage dance with a cow!  Review by Shelley	BETTE MIDLER
1952	BIG JIM McCLAIN -- Small glimpses only.	NANCY OLSON
1988	BIG BUSINESS -- Bouffant checkered gingham dresses!  Ms. Midler’s best scene is while doing a stage dance with a cow!  Review by Shelley	BETTE MIDLER
1955	THE BIG COMBO -- Toward the middle, Miss Wallace is seen in a luscious evening gown. BUY THE DVD!	JEAN WALLACE
2003	BIG FISH -- Fifties bouffant  BUY THE VIDEO!	ALISON LOHMAN
1952	THE BIG NORTH  a/k/a 'The Wild North'   Publicity photo	CYD CHARISSE
1988	BIG-TOP PEE WEE -- There are several great scenes featuring petticoats, but my favorite is when Pee Wee attacks Ms. Miller on a picnic blanket while revealing a lot of nice, full petticoats! Review by Shelley	PENELOPE ANN MILLER
1952	THE BIG TREES        Lobby Card	PATRICE WYMORE
1945	BILLY ROSE'S DIAMOND HORSESHOE a/k/a 'Diamond Horseshoe' -- There is much to see in the way of stage pettis   STILL CLIP BUY THE TAPE!	BETTY GRABLE
1962	BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO --  For those of you who enjoy tutus or "circus-type" attire, there is a wonderful scene/song that Day performs from a high trapeze wearing the most delectable pink leotards and tutu! The film is also chock full of Miss Day in other pettis as well. Review by Shelley	DORIS DAY
1963	THE BIRDS -- We see several scenes of younger girls in dresses with petticoats; the film is peppered with such. Review by Shelley	TIPPI HEDRON
1956	THE BIRDS AND THE BEES -- According to Gil R., the lobby poster* lives up to its promise...	MITZI GAYNOR
1929	BLACKMAIL -- Alfred Hitchcock's first sound film yields froufrou!     7.3 MByte VidClip BUY THE DVD!	ANNY ONDRA
1994	BLANK CHECK -- Check out the bouffant at the birthday party! BUY THE VIDEO!	KAREN DUFFY
1999	BLAST FROM THE PAST -- Some shirtwaist petti-flips	SISSY SPACEK
1930	DER BLAUE ENGEL - German - "The Blue Angel" -- Ms. Dietrich wears a VERY fluffy hooped-type short skirt	MARLENE DIETRICH
1958	THE BLOB -- Watch when Steve McQueen picks up Ms. Corseaut in the grocery store scene--very frou frou!.  She also falls down backward over some spilled canned goods.	ANETA CORSEAUT
1930	THE BLUE ANGEL - German - "Der Blaue Engel" -- Ms. Dietrich wears a VERY fluffy hooped-type short skirt. BUY THE VIDEO!	MARLENE DIETRICH
1959	BLUE DENIM	CAROL LYNLEY
1961	BLUE HAWAII	JOAN BLACKMAN
1946	BLUE SKIES -- A great scene with hoopskirts on stage BUY THE TAPE!	JOAN CAULFIELD
1958	BONJOUR TRISTESSE -- Some wonderful bouffant gowns--watch the dancing!	JEAN SEBERG
1962	BON VOYAGE	DEBORAH WALLEY
1990	BOOK OF LOVE -- 50s prom gowns	TRICIA LEIGH FISHER
1984	THE BOSTONIANS -- Fin-de-Siecle petticoats!	VANESSA REDGRAVE
1938	BOTTOMS UP -- Miss Ball in a mermaid gown (promo)	LUCILLE BALL
1962	BOYS' NIGHT OUT -- Miss Novak treats us to some great 50s bouffant; she wears a beauty while fixing dinner! Also, catch the pretty red petticoat when she dives on a bed.    Review by Shelley BUY THE VIDEO!	KIM NOVAK
1961	BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S  -- Very small scene with a gown--skin tight to the calves and then extremely bouffant (al la Jayne Mansfield)	AUDREY HEPBURN
1996	BREAKING THE WAVES -- Love scene with the bride still wearing her wedding dress!!	EMILY WATSON
1956	THE BRIDE IS MUCH TOO BEAUTIFUL (French -- "La Mariée est Trop Belle") -- Bardot crinies!	BRIGITTE BARDOT
2004	BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON -- Some delightful bouffant?  Or are these just false promo promises?	RENÉE ZWELLEGER
1954	BRIGADOON  Stillclips	CYD CHARISSE
1935	BRIGHT LIGHTS   Lobby card	ANN DVORAK
1988	BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY	PHOEBE CATES
1935	BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 (Nice fin de cicle stage pettis as well as nice ballerinas)     BUY THE DVD	ELEANOR POWELL
1939	BROADWAY SERENADE    Lobby card BUY THE VIDEO!	JEANETTE MacDONALD
1982> present	BROOKSIDE  TVS -- Bridal pettis	SUE JENKINS et al.....
2000	BRUNO a/k/a "The Dress Code"-- A touching movie about a sweet young boy who likes to wear dresses because "it gives me power."  Watch the hoopskirt and the poufy western skirt he wears toward the end. With petti showing, he looks great!	ALEX LINZ
1992	BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER	KRISTY SWANSON
1958	BÜHNEFREI FÜR MARIKA German	[UNKNOWN]
1988	BULL DURHAM -- At one point, Miss Sarandon appears in a relatively full -skirted dress with a red cinch belt, which rustles delightfully!	SUSAN SARANDON
1956	BUNDLE OF JOY -- Lots to 50s petticoat display BUY THE TAPE!	DEBBIE REYNOLDS
????	BURN THE FLOOR -- Modern and Latin dance video -- Plenty of 50s-style rock 'n roll skirt flipping!)	[UNKNOWN]
1969	BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID --19th Century pettiscenes!	KATHERINE ROSS
1999	BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER -- Poufy, modern party dresses at graduation at the end - pettis showing.	NATASHA LYONNE
1963	BYE BYE BIRDIE -- Many great shots in this one, but the scene in which the girls all swoon outdoors is wonderful to take in some scenery.   Review by Shelley The opening and closing scenes have a lovely Ms. Margret rushing toward the camera and playing with her early 50's flaring skirt. Although she has no dance scenes in this outfit (a pity) in the final credits, as she again rushes toward the camera, she briefly lifts her skirt, revealing her petticoat and panties on her left side. It is really quick, but in slow motion, very delightful, and surely no accident.  Review by Martin B.     Clips	ANN MARGRET
1995	BYE BYE BIRDIE  -- TVM -- The 50s pettis are a bit less full in this version, but still apparent and worth viewing BUY THE DVD!	CHYNNA PHILLIPS
1961	BY LOVE POSSESSED -- Tail-end 50s bouffant  BUY THE VIDEO!	LANA TURNER

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