ONE FERVID WHIRL

Starring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi

Smile Before Death (1972) dir. Silvio Amadio

Marisa Mell in 'Una sull'altra' (1969)

A White Dress for Marialé (1972)

Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970)

I started the new year visiting the Warner Brother’s lot which brought me face to face with costumes from some of my favorite movies, one of which being Rebel Without a Cause. And while Jim’s outfit was a recreation of what James Dean originally wore for the film, the dress for Judy was actually worn by Natalie Wood! It was especially nice to see this dress because it really doesn’t get much screen time. In the film, Judy wears this in the opening scene at the police station, but with a matching red coat that ends up covering most of the dress! Red is a very emotionally intense color. In a 2015 post from Birth. Movies. Death, Kolleen Carney-Hoepfner gave a beautifully detailed analysis of how this color represents Judy’s character. “When we first meet Natalie Wood’s Judy in Rebel Without a Cause, she is dressed head to toe in the always symbolic color red, weeping in a police station, having been picked up for breaking curfew. She is concerned about her father hating her… Wood is wonderful in this scene, hitching her breath and trembling her lip as she hyperventilates through her lamentations. It’s a bit overwrought (ok, maybe more than a bit), but as a former teen girl, it’s relatable. The pain of being stuck between the need of a father’s love and the desire to grow up is a real, tangible thing…Wood is beautifully representing every teen girl whose dad was unequipped to handle their coming of age…Judy is a fascinating character because she is pinging off opposite poles; tough girl, ingénue. She is who she has to be as the situation calls for it, and she is forever finding her footing.” . . Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Costume design by Moss Mabry. (at Warner Bros. Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJGW8VAxbP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iov7vk0hl8g8

1970s Fleer Halloween Count Von Bubbles and Pumpkin-Face bubblegum

I started the new year visiting the Warner Brother’s lot which brought me face to face with costumes from some of my favorite movies, one of which being Rebel Without a Cause. And while Jim’s outfit was a recreation of what James Dean originally wore for the film, the dress for Judy was actually worn by Natalie Wood! It was especially nice to see this dress because it really doesn’t get much screen time. In the film, Judy wears this in the opening scene at the police station, but with a matching red coat that ends up covering most of the dress! Red is a very emotionally intense color. In a 2015 post from Birth. Movies. Death, Kolleen Carney-Hoepfner gave a beautifully detailed analysis of how this color represents Judy’s character. “When we first meet Natalie Wood’s Judy in Rebel Without a Cause, she is dressed head to toe in the always symbolic color red, weeping in a police station, having been picked up for breaking curfew. She is concerned about her father hating her… Wood is wonderful in this scene, hitching her breath and trembling her lip as she hyperventilates through her lamentations. It’s a bit overwrought (ok, maybe more than a bit), but as a former teen girl, it’s relatable. The pain of being stuck between the need of a father’s love and the desire to grow up is a real, tangible thing…Wood is beautifully representing every teen girl whose dad was unequipped to handle their coming of age…Judy is a fascinating character because she is pinging off opposite poles; tough girl, ingénue. She is who she has to be as the situation calls for it, and she is forever finding her footing.” . . Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Costume design by Moss Mabry. (at Warner Bros. Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsJGW8VAxbP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iov7vk0hl8g8

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— Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, from A Live Thing, Clinging with Many Teeth