Reel Talk: Lessons from the '50s

Never show up for dinner underdressed.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1956)

There’s no such thing as an off duty look.

Rear Window (1954)

Hollywood had a thing for casting young female leads opposite significantly older male actors.

Sabrina (1954)

Women were not slutty, simply suggestive.

Rear Window (1954)

Engagements were less complicated. Throw yourself at a man and chances are he’ll propose.

Funny Face (1957)

And God Created Woman (1956)

All About Eve, Rebel Without A Cause, And God Created Woman, High Society, Designing Woman, Roman Holiday, Sabrina, To Catch A Thief, Rear Window, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Funny Face, An Affair To Remember