FROU FROU LIST - C

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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1979	CACTUS JACK a/k/a THE VILLAINS	ANN MARGRET
1957	CALLGIRLS - German  (a/k/a "Für zwei Groschen Zärtlichkeit")     Lobby Card  Additional image	INGMAR ZEISBERG
1953	CALL ME MADAM -- Lots of early 50s bouffant    Still clips	ETHEL MERMAN & VERA-ELLEN
1957	CALYPSO JOE -- Image, possibly from a lobby card	ANGIE DICKINSON
1936	CAMILLE -- Some very nice shots of 1840's gowns and petticoats, as well as some cancan and stage pettis.	GRETA GARBO
1960	CAN-CAN -- Click here for 2 images!	JULIET PROWSE & SHIRLEY MacLAINE
1953	LAS CARIÑOSAS -- Dancing and bed sprawl.	SARA GNASH
1947	CARNIVAL IN COSTA RICA -- Note the dance Ms. Ellen performs near the end of the film in her wedding gown.   Lobby Card	VERA-ELLEN
1957	CARNIVAL ROCK -- Rock 'n Roll dance flailing!  streaming vidclip Only tape (VHS) available	SUSAN CABOT
1956	CAROUSEL-- Frothy outdoor pettis, especially the dance scenes!	SHIRLEY JONES
1957	CARRY ON ADMIRAL -- The wind and the crinies!	PEGGY CUMMINS
1962	CARRY ON CRUISING -- Petti-ed dress on the bed	LIZ FRASER
1967	CARRY ON: DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD a/k/a "Don't Lose Your Head"-- Based on 18c "The Scarlet Pimpernel"; lovely taffeta, satin, and silk gowns.  Review by David	JOAN SIMS
1958	CAREER --  There are a couple of scenes which feature a lovely woman wearing a beautiful full dress and she models her frock while standing in a sexy manner at the bedroom door. Real cute! Later she is seen seated in a chair and Ms. MacLaine taps her several times on her wonderfully noisy skirt, as does her husband, played by Tony Franciosa. Review by Shelley	SHIRLEY MacLAINE
1989	CATCH ME IF YOU CAN -- Poodle skirt with pettis.	LORYN LOCKLIN
2003	THE CAT IN THE HAT -- Plenty of youth petti and adult bouffant here!	DAKOTA FANNING
1958	CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF -- Although best known for Ms. Taylor's slip, this movie boasts a scene featuring a group of little girls at a birthday party, all of whom are wearing delicious, little girl party frocks. One scene features one of the young girls in a bedroom scene with Taylor, and we get a wonderful shot of the girl's yellow frock and white petticoat as she bends over to pick something up off the floor! Very scenic!  Review by Shelley	LIZ TAYLOR
2008	CÉLINE --TVM  -- Odds and ends	CHRISTINE GHAWI
1994	CEMETERY MAN -- Falling on the ground, a girl displays her charms.	ANNA FALCHI
2001	CENTURY HOTEL -- Erotic pettis	LINDY BOOTH
1989	CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE -- TVM  Cage crinolines    YouTube excerpts:  #1  #2  #3  #4 Buy the DVD	MEGAN GALLAGHER, MEGAN FOLLOWS & STÉPHANE AUDRAN
2005	CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY -- Miss Winter has a petticoat squirreled away under her dress.	JULIA WINTER
2000	CHARLIE'S ANGELS -- Ms. Liu and Diaz entertain us dressed as VERY poufy German-dirndled maidens in one short scene.	CAMERON DIAZ, LUCY LIU
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2007	CHEZ MAUPASSANT -- TVS  Cancan in episode entitled 'Ce Cochon de Morin'	SOPHIE ARTUR MICHÈLE GARCIA, and HANDE KODJA
2001	CHILD STAR: THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE STORY (TVM) -- Need we say more?	ASHLEY ROSE ORR
1969	CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG -- Toward the end, Ms. Howes wears a dirndl with an ocean of pettis underneath. And when she gets in and out of the car...heaven!	SALLY ANN HOWES
2004	A CINDERELLA STORY -- Some great shots of Ms. Duff in a huge ball gown and another shot of her in the crinolines, less the gown.	HILLARY DUFF
1960	CINDERFELLA -- The well-known Cinderella story (w/ Jerry Lewis) with the sexes swooped over. There is a Princess Charming and a Fairy Godfather. The film story is pretty abysmal, but the last half-hour in particular, has some really very bouffant dresses, and some low view-point shots. The ending thus redeems the general tedium of the earlier part of the film.  Review by Janet Buy it!	ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTI
1920	THE CIRCUS --  Another Circus film which features a young lady wearing the most adorable tutu-style petticoat! What a doll she is. Review by Shelley	MERNA KENNEDY
1947	CIRCUS BOY	FLORENCE STEPHENSON
1953	THE CLOWN --  Short stage pettis & one little girl dress with peek of pettis	JANE GREER
1996	CLUBBED TO DEATH -- "Dançar Até Morrer" ( a/k/a "Lola") French -- An incredibly lovely nightclub dancer is seen first active backstage and then dancing in front of the club wearing a short black satin corset ; when dancing she adds a short hoop underskirt. Review by Stephen K.	BÉATICE DALLE
1985	CLUE -- Best scene: Lee Ving (Mr. Body) lifting Yvette's (Ms. Camp) skirt to abuse her pretty pettis; at another time, Ms. Camp raises her skirt in  preparation for sitting.	COLLEEN CAMP
1995	CLUELESS -- Small display of pettis	ALICIA SILVERSTONE
1994	COBB -- small 50s bouffant display	LOLITA DAVIDOVICH
1955	THE COBWEB -- Fifties bouffant fashions, including little girl	LAUREN BACALL & GLORIA GRAHAME
1929	THE COCOANUTS -- Near the end, watch for ballet dancers and women wearing dresses with big skirts in the background. Buy it!	MARY EATON
1961	A COLD WIND IN AUGUST (French)	LOLA ALBRIGHT
1960	COLLEGE EXPOSE' -- Typical fifties bouffant plus a little girl party dress	CATHY CROSBY
1960	COME DANCE WITH ME (French) - "Voulez-vous danser avec moi?" (Video title: "Do You Want to Dance With Me?") Still clips	BRIGITTE BARDOT
1961	COME SUNDAY	SANDRA DEE
1943	CONEY ISLAND -- Pettis and hoops!	BETTY GRABLE
2009	CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC     Pertinent material	ISLA FISHER
2004	CONNIE AND CARLA -- Some short stage-outfit pettis worn by an extra. Buy it!	NIA VARDALOS and TONI COLLETTE
1994	CORRINA, CORRINA -- A glimpse of a little girl's pettis under her dress as she sits on the stoop toward the end. Nothing major, except some 50s bouffant on adults. Another favorite scene is of the girls jumping rope in full skirts. Review by Shelley	JENNIFER LEWIS
1959	COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS -- Fifties bouffant	DEBORAH KERR
1990	COUPE DE VILLE	(NON-SPECIFIC)
1963	THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER -- The main appeal in this film is a children's birthday party with 50's style party dresses. Review by Shelley	STELLA STEVENS
1944	COVER GIRL -- Flashback sequence has nice turn-of-the-20th-century petticoated dance. Miss Hayworth on set Buy it!	RITA HAYWORTH
1981	CRISIS AT CENTRAL HIGH	(NON-SPECIFIC)
1990	CRY-BABY -- This wonderful film is peppered throughout with nice shots of Ms. Locane in full skirts. Just too many to itemize. Review by Shelley  Watch the motorcycle departure scene.	AMY LOCANE
1979	CUBA -- Sean Connery and Ms. Adams are lovers in this virtual remake of "Casablanca" set in 1958 during the Cuban revolution. There are numerous glimpses of typical late fifties gowns, and one young lady gives a full view of her white, crinoline petticoats as she dresses after seducing and killing one hapless man. Review by Rhonda Risque.	BROOKE ADAMS
1987	CYNDI LAUPER IN PARIS (Concert) -- Ms. Lauper performed in Paris whilst wearing the cutest, shortie dress and petticoat. Typical petticoat of the New Wave era. Review by Shelley	CYNDI LAUPER

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