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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

1987

NADINE (Early 50s pettis -- in one scene, Ms. Basinger steps out of her petti.)

KIM BASINGER

1950

NANCY GOES TO RIO (Early fifties bouffant and Carmen Miranda petti-ed stage Latin skirts)

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JANE POWELL &
ANN SOTHERN

1956

NEVER SAY GOODBYE (Little girl pouf!) Still Clip

SHELLEY FABARES

1959

NEVER STEAL ANYTHING SMALL In James Cagney's last musical comedy, he is intrigued by pretty Ms. Jones, who wears a very full dress with white petticoats during a television commercial sequence. She dances and jumps around, showing off the pretty undergarments. Review by Rhonda Risque YouTube clip

Ms. Jones in a dance number for a soap commercial. She wears the most delectable full dress and we get to see a LOT of her petticoats as she is twirled and lifted around! A MUST! Review by Shelley

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TAPE!

SHIRLEY JONES

1963

A NEW KIND OF LOVE (Token bouffant display)

JOANNE WOODWARD

1940

NEW MOON (Because this film was crucified by the critics, the publicity department need to build it up. So what did they do? A press release at the time reads that Ms. McDonald will have sixteen changes in all, a little matter that involves eighty petticoats, or an average of five petticoats to a costume. Her most elaborate gown....tips the scales at thirty-five pounds.' Make no mistake, this film speaks to serious pettis! It is surely a confirmation of the overwhelming wondrousness of petticoats that they can make you wish you were Nelson Eddy!) Review by Pammie

JEANETTE MacDONALD

1977

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

LISA MINELLI

1978

NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE (Full view shots toward beginning and middle!)

ELLEN GREENE

1992

NICKEL AND DIME (Keep an eye on the red dress)

LISE CUTTER

1946

NIGHT AND DAY (Plenty of froufrou in this Cole Porter biopic - special is the luscious evening gown on stage about half way through)

ALEXIS SMITH
GINNY SIMMS
JANE WYMAN

1935

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (Check out the dance scene aboard ship. Lots of very full petticoated "Italian Costume" dancers--makes you dream for pettis like these.) Review by Bee

KITTY CARLISLE

1989

NIGHTBREAKER (CABLE MOVIE)

LEA THOMPSON

1988

NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (Full view!)

CATHY PODEWELL

1957

NO DOWN PAYMENT

JOANNE WOODWARD

1985

NORTH AND SOUTH [PART I, II, III]-- TVM (Any Poufbunny worth her saltlick can't miss THIS one!)
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TERRI GARBER,
LESLEY-ANNE DOWN and others

1959

NORTH BY NORTHWEST-- (Handsome Cary Grant pursues lovely Miss Saint in this Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller that features the famous cliff- hanger on Mount Rushmore. The Technicolor and VistaVision spectacular (Hitchcock's longest film) also provided famed designer Edith Head opportunities to design some beautiful clothes for Ms. Saint, including a very memorable red and black cocktail dress with petticoats.) Review by Rhonda Risque

EVA-MARIE SAINT

1960

NORTH TO ALASKA a/k/a GO NORTH (A nice petti-donning scene, some flailing of skirts, and a cancan scene)

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CAPUCINE

1962

THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY (Kim Novak--always at her best when loaded with petticoats -- manages to put on quite a display (at the climactic finish), clouds of frothy white running this way and that) --Review by Richard (sounds great!)

KIM NOVACK

1963

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Minimal amount of fifties bouffant -- the film was certainly made at the very end of The Era.
Check the dance scene)

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STELLA STEVENS

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