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| valign="top" | 18th Century Costume Flicks

"I love them all! Oh why can't I have three heads?!" ---Amadeus

Several films which have employed fairly accurate 18th Century costume in them have come out, mainly in the past 30 years, and some of them are available on Video & DVD. While all of these films have some flaws from a historians point of view, it should be remembered that these films were not designed as museum pieces, and yet they still do offer an invaluable extra dimension to the study of period costume.

|- | colspan="3" valign="top" | 1776 the musical is pretty tepid costume-wise, with some really sloppy bits in places. As a musical however, it is first rate, despite the seemingly improbable subject matter: The Continental Congress' passing of the Declaration of Independence in the Summer of 1776.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen includes both late 18th Century and wild fantasy costumes. There is also a whole "Persian" sequence with a harem as depicted in 18th Century European costume books. Charming for both kids and adults, it's blend of realism and fantasy make it watchable again and again.

The Affair of the Necklace is based on the machinations of the aristocratic con-artist Countess Jeanne de la Motte-Valois, in 1780's France. Alas, rather than celebrate this woman as one of the great bad girls of history, the script makes stultifying attempts to turn her into a tragic soap opera heroine, which even Hilary Swank cannot save from seeming a limp goody two shoes. Rent it on DVD however since it has a good costume "extra" on the disk, and is visually gorgeous.

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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Period Costume for Stage & Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800

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The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982

Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade Costumes at BuyCostumes

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The film Amadeus, while weak in its costuming of dress extras, brings to life a great number of fashions and hairstyles from the 1780s which are hard to visualize from historical references, for example, colored hair powder is sometimes mentioned, but is rarely shown in contemporary portraiture. The strong plot and script, loosely based on the stage play by Peter Schaffer, excellent casting, and strong directorial choices won it an Academy Award for Best Picture.

Amazing Grace The story of the opposition to the slave trade in late 18th - early 19th century English Political circles.

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders I haven't seen since I was an infant, so I can't comment. However with George Sanders in it it must have some redeeming value even if it has as little relationship to the novel as I've heard.

The Aristocrats is a tedious TV show on the amazingly interesting lives of the real Lennox sisters. An absolute must see for the detailed costumes, interiors, etc. but oddly unengaging, for such fascinating subject matter.

Barry Lyndon wallows in reproduction "Gainsboroughs" complete with the sort of half-powdered hair popular in the 1780's in England. The plot is tedious, but one can't really be bored because the costumes are so egregiously lavish they keep one excited.

Barry Lyndon (1975)
Barry Lyndon
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Beaumarchais, The Scoundrel is an amusing French language biopic with elements of whipped-cream-light sex farce, played in whipped cream white, pastel and off white costumes. (occasionally a person wanders in wearing a strong color to make a point) While everyone looks too clean for 18th century Paris (even the grotty street people are mostly beige and pearl gray) the whole film has a light witty feel appropriate for the subject: The life of the author of The Marriage of Figaro.

The Beggar's Opera Laurence Olivier starred in it, Peter Brooke directed it, and it was faithfully based on the still popular 18th century Operetta by John Gay, but it tanked most miserably and so is terribly hard to find even now.

The Brotherhood of the Wolf: How do you get a long, highly symbolic, French subtitled "art" film on the corruption of the Pre-Revolutionary government and church in France to appeal to millions of American teenagers? Add lots of sex, attractive actors of both genders, improbable Asian martial arts action sequences, and gothic horror. Weirdly it works, on both levels, and most of the costumes (with the exception of the Ren-faire gypsy "biker" gang group) are actually pretty plausible. Great fun if you don't mind mixing your genres.

Brotherhood of the Wolf

Casanova (2005) Is an amusing, if slight, romantic comedy, with some very plausible, yummy costumes & filming locations decorating a highly improbable (but cute) plot. Stars Heath Ledger as a remarkably straight-man Casanova, and Jeremy Irons as an unusually comic Grand Inquisitor, his would-be nemesis.

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Casanova (Fellini 1970's) is a hard to find film with lots of fun costume moments in it's amazingly long tedious plot. No matter how bored you get however, don't stop watching until you see the decadent nobleman dressed as a preying mantis entertain his bewigged French and Spanish dinner guests with a mini opera where he hunts and pounces on a nubile golden fly boy.

There is also a made for TV swashbuckler Casanova with Richard Chamberlain from the late 1970's that is mildly amusing, and mainly well costumed within a low budget.

Catherine the Great has much, much better costuming than the similarly themed Young Catherine, but has a pitifully weak script, that gives Catherine no character development in the entire 2 hours. This has lots of good actors in it, mostly struggling with a plot that goes nowhere, and a "climax" that isn't. | align="left" valign="top" |Google |- | align="left" valign="top" |

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Cruel Intentions

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History of My Life (Volumes I & II)
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France

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| valign="top" | Clandestine Marriage, The (1999) Loosely based on the 18th Century romantic comedy of the same name. This production is a bit slow and odd at times, but the uniformly excellent cast in a convoluted plot full of twists and absurdities would still make this film quite watchable even without the magnificent costuming. Nigel Hawthorne does an exceptionally fine turn as an elderly but amorous nobleman, and Joan Collins proves she can do more than sex queens, while playing a pretentious eccentric rich old aunt with a bizarre affected accent.

Clarissa Made for TV movie of one of the longest, most depressing episilatory novels of the 18th Century, this production is considerably enlivened with high production values (particularly costumes), and good acting. At long last available on DVD... The plot shares certain similarities with Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and it is probable that it was an influence upon the author of that later work.

Clarissa: an exorcism

The Crucible, set in very early 18th Century America is meticulously accurate, and consequently a costume bore, since dress in Puritan New England was utilitarian to the point of tedium. The film, on the other hand is quite intense and as good of an interpretation of the Arthur Miller play as can be imagined.

Dangerous Liaisons: What rock did you just crawl out from that you didn't know this was one of the greatest costume flicks of all time? NEVER miss the opening credits, since they contain scenes of the two leads, a French nobleman and noblewoman being dressed for the day by their army of servants. In addition to costumes that look like they escaped from museums (while still perfectly delineating character) the writing, directing and acting are marvelous too. This film is based on the Christopher Hampton play Les Liaisons Dangereuses'[[MWBH_images/merteuil| ]] [[MWBH_images/liasions1| ]]

Danton is probably the most period-accurate designed film set in the French Revolutionary era ever made. Sets and costumes are all based on the paintings of J. L. David during this part of his career, and David is even a minor character in the film.

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The Duchess a Biopic of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, a notable British political hostess and fashion icon of the 1770s-80s who had a moderately scandalous life, with a few fairly obvious parallels to Princess Diana's life. Soapy, but well acted by all, and a definite costume treat.

The Eagle, a Valentino silent, is the loosest possible interpretation of Catherine the Great's Russia ever seen, but it is still a decidedly cute romantic comedy. | valign="top" |Google |- | align="left" valign="top" |

Farinelli: Il Castrato The Madness of King George

Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade

Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen Edition) Madame De Pompadour : Sex, Culture and Power

The History of Underclothes Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwoman's Dresses and Their Construction: c.1660-1860

The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930

Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century : From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

At Home With the Marquis De Sade : A Life

Madame De Pompadour : Sex, Culture and Power

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The Gentleman's Daughter : Women's Lives in Georgian England

Amazon.com Dangerous Liaisons Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century (Metropolitan Museum

Fashion in Detail : From the 17th and 18th Centuries

The Culture of Clothing : Dress and Fashion in the 'Ancien Regime' (Past and Present Publications) | valign="top" | Farinelli, on the world of early 18th Century Opera castrati is visually beautiful, but it's soap-opera melodramatic plot suffers in comparison with Anne Rice's book Cry to Heaven, which seems to have inspired it. Farinelli was a real person by the by.

Farinelli

Captain Horatio Hornblower, a middle part of the CS Forester series of Horatio Hornblower novels was made into a color Gregory Peck movie in the 1950's. This film is actually set past the 18th Century in the early 19th Century portion of the novels. It has been known for years for the detailed accuracy of the uniforms, although it is far less stringent about the women's dress.

Horatio Hornblower This A&E series of 4 two hour Horatio Hornblower films (later expanded by another 2 set in the early 1800s, to be followed soon by two more, set presumably a little later) covers the first Forester novel Mr Midshipman Hornblower which spans 1792-1796. The costume designer John Mollo (The Duelists, Nicholas and Alexandra, Star Wars) is justly famed for his detailed research, particularly on uniforms, and not a shoe buckle is "off". The films are full of action, period detail, and yummy actors in tight pants.

' 'Gulliver's Travels, another made for TV movie now out on video, is lengthy, and at times, tedious, but should not be missed by any costume junkie. In addition to lots of splendid early 18th Century dress, many of the "lands" Gulliver travels to are costumed in the way that 18th Century European illustrators drew clothing of other cultures and times. Money was apparently no object, and the whole "madness as sanity" theme which begins as a tiresome plot device, ends up with a decent payoff by the script's end.

Gulliver's Travels

Jefferson in Paris' plot centers around the romance between Thomas Jefferson, then ambassador to France, and Maria Cosway, wife of the painter, in pre-revolutionary Paris, but the real payoff is with the slow revelation of the bitter twisted relations created in the Jefferson/Skelton/Hemmings family by the "peculiar institution" of slavery.

Screencaps from Jefferson in Paris � 18th century blog

John Adams Brilliant Made for TV miniseries on John and Abagail Adams and their influence on American Revolutionary politics.

Joseph Andrews is a bit of a bomb, with really extreme takes on 1770's 1780's dress, but with some nice bits that take place in the Roman spa at Bath. Includes also a ridiculous "Hellfire Club" type Satanic ritual sequence, and lots of Ann Margaret's cleavage. Costumes for this film were built by Jean Hunniset, author of Period Costume for Stage & Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800

King of the Wind I haven't yet seen. It is a "family" movie about a North African boy's friendship with a horse and their travels to England.

La Nuit de Varennes is a jewel of a film on the French Revolution, not to be missed by anyone who is interested in this period. It includes Restif de la Brettone, Thomas Paine and Casanova among other's in this "Stagecoach" like plot. Harvey Keitel plays Paine as a sensitive romantic lead in this French film a decade before America figured out he was sexy in Piano. The last part of the film has a special costume moment that should not be missed, when we at last see what important object the mysterious countess has been carrying in a bandbox across France.

The Lady and the Duke is an adaptation of the memoirs of British aristocrat, (and notorious woman), Grace Dalrymple Eliot during the French Revolution. The most talked about feature of this production however has been the design, done by filming the actors in front of blue screens, and putting in backgrounds adapted from 18th Century paintings and engravings. It is very talky about politics in this era (in French with subtitles), so it mainly appeals to film & theatre designers and French Revolution buffs, but not to the Brotherhood of The Wolf crowd.

The Lady and the Duke
Countdown to The Lady and the Duke (2002)

Much of The Last of the Mohicans, set in mid 18th Century America during the French and Indian War, is rather blandly realistic utilitarian frontier wear; however between the nifty Native American costumes, the uniforms, and the two English girl's gowns, there is costume stuff enough to watch it, even if you aren't partial to it's odd but fun blend of violent war film and torrid romance.

The Last of the Mohicans
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The Last of the Mohicans

Munchausen (Germany, 1943) clearly inspired Terry Gilliam's film, while being quite different, and yet oddly creepy. The most amazing thing however is the insane sumptuousness of the production and location shooting done in the middle of WWII.

YouTube - M�nchhausen meets Catherine the Great the Great

Le Libertin (2000) was recommended to me by a French site user, and is not yet available in the US. According to online sources, it is a very broad sex comedy based on a day in the life of Denis Diderot played by Vincent Perez in various stages of undress. Online photos and the trailer show bright sherbet colored costumes cut to accurate period style, and some very goofy situations.

Le Libertin

There are also several more Vincent Perez movies set in this era that are not yet available in NTSC (USA) format, but which are available to European fans:

Le Bossu (On Guard) (Highly recommended by a European fan of my site)
Fanfan la tulipe
Le Voyage du Capitaine Fracasse

Longitude I haven't seen it yet, but it has Michael Gambon, is full of cool Early Modern techno geek cred, and looks like it has good costumes, so I hope to see it on TV when it repeats:

The Madness of King George, a funny and touching film about the health and family problems of George III, is another late 18th Century English costume fest. Like Tom Jones, however, the story is so engaging one scarcely notices the gorgeous passing costumes.

Moll Flanders (1991)

Marie Antoinette Books Sofia Coppola
Marie Antoinette Music Original Soundtrack
Marie Antoinette The Journey Books Antonia Fraser

Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Books Caroline Weber

Much Ado About Nothing

Haute Couture & Pret-A-Porter : Mode 1750-2000

Quills Soundtrack album

Dark Prince: Intimate Tales of Marquis de Sade

Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Books Caroline Weber

So, Ye Want to be a Reenactor? A Living History Handbook | valign="top" | Marat / Sade (full title: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Filmed version of the famous 1969 RSC Peter Brook directed production of the play, with Ian Richardson, Glenda Jackson and Patrick Magee. Inmates at an insane asylum in 1808 recreate the events of the French Revolution leading to the 1793 assassination of Revolutionary Marat, while director de Sade and Marat debate politics, ethics and sex questions that have meaning both for their times and ours. Extremely unusual, it is a textbook example of both "Brechtian" style staging and "Theatre of Cruelty" (two theatre styles previously thought to be opposite and mutually exclusive) . Gets more interesting each time you see it.

Marat Sade buying info
See also Quills (below)
Tara's Quills & Marat/Sade Page

Marie Antoinette is one of those 1930's movies that MGM spent a fortune on. Adrian designed wonderfully over-the top lavish Hollywoodized Rococo everything for it, and it's historically silly plot still amuses, even while it's soap opera sentimental writing excesses match it's rhinestone excesses. A must see for high camp on a Waterworld level budget.

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Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (2006), the new film by Sofia Coppola is curiously the antithesis of this previous film, and indeed of all films previously treating the life of Marie, by being rigorously anti-sentimental and emotional (though just as spectacular). Occasionally this makes viewing portions of the film quite as dull as life in Versailles really must have been at times. However, unlike the more soap-opera type films including the 1930s Marie Antoinette, and Affair of the Necklace you get the impression this is really what this woman's life was like living in the bubble of Versailles. All the talk both praising or bashing the film for the bits of modern music, MTV cutting, and the lone Converse sneaker, really miss this essential point: it is far more historically realistic than any other telling of the story. It is also a film which tells the story of Versailles as a kind of machine intended for particular political use, by showing, in detail, how it was used. The costumes (designed by Milena Cannonero who also did Affair of the Necklace) in particular are quite plausible as historical recreations. And yes, I have seen an 18th Century gown in a museum in that Barbie-bubblegum pink, so I'll even "buy" those, though not obviously the Converse, which was there to make a point connecting Marie's world with our own consumer culture, not to be historical.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is set in c. 1785 Switzerland, and has a reasonable amount of realistically reproduced costumes. Because of the dour nature of the subject matter, however they tend to be rather plain so as not to compete with the story.

Mesmer a biopic of the 18th Century Doctor of that name had mixed reviews and was controversial enough in Europe that it was never released in theatres in the US. However It can be found on video, and is much touted online by fanatical followers of Alan Rickman, it's star. It is a bit strange, with a sad and enigmatic ending, but I found the content as well as the execution of the story quite interesting. The costumes seem mostly plausible and attractive, without being especially exciting on their own.

Moll Flanders Not to be confused with either of the nifty PBS versions, or indeed with the book, which it in no way resembles, it nonetheless has some neat moments and some interesting costumes, amidst the mostly soap-opera plot and costuming. The best thing in the film is Morgan Freeman, who manages to come off as both period and dignified amidst a lot of plot silliness.

Mobil Masterpiece Theatre: Moll Flanders Much beloved PBS version of the 1990's, which stays accurate to the book's plot (although not it's tone). Suffers a bit from a sort of soap opera feminism, but has largely accurate costumes and period decor.

Moll Flanders 1980's British made for TV version with a sharper, funnier script than above, but a lower budget on the design. Highly accurate to both the book and history, it suffers little from it's obvious tech poverty.

Le monde a l'envers was recommended to me by a site user from France. The story concerns a girl who, jilted at the altar, runs away to sea dressed as a boy, and finds herself in adventures over her head. Her lover meantime is in hot pursuit having merely missed the nuptials due to a hangover from his stag party....

' 'Monsieur Beaucaire (silent 1920's) with designs by George Barbier is one of the most lavish costume spectacles of the 1920's. The women's costumes are filtered through a Art Deco sensibility, but the men's wear is remarkably period. Rudolph Valentino was married to the film's production designer Natasha Rambova in Paris, and the two of them cooked up the idea of a lavish costume flick after seeing a Barbier designed Casanova play during the honeymoon. Rambova is often mistakenly credited with the costume designs because she supervised the construction of the costumes at Eaves in NYC, and made alterations in them when the demands of the film required it.

' '''''''Much Ado About Nothing is loosely dressed in late 18th Century style, but without any particular intent of placing it into a period. The whole look is like the play on which it is based, just located in a romantic Italian summer in the long ago and far away mode. A very good romantic film version of one of Shakespeare's more lightweight comedies.

Much Ado About Nothing

Swashbuckling : A Step-By-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay Costumes at BuyCostumes [2] Orphans of the Storm

The Patriot

Plunkett & Macleane

Quills

A Respectable Trade

Royal Scandal

The Scarlet Empress - Criterion Collection

Fight Direction for Stage and Screen | valign="top" | ''' ''''''Napoleon aka Abel Gance's Napoleon This silent film covers the period of the French Revolution & Directory at length. Antonin Artaud plays Jean Paul Marat, and is murdered in his bath (as usual), Abel Gance plays St. Just, and the memorably eccentric clothing of the Jacobins is reproduced here along with lots of obscure trivia from the era. A must for any French Revolution buff, it has curiously little on screen time for the title character, because this film was conceived as the first of an uncompleted trilogy. Napoleon only gets to his first big battle at the end of the film.

Napoleon (1927)


Nouvelle-France - Site officiel du film | Salle de presse I don't know anything other than that it it set in Canada when Quebec was absorbed by the Brits, and it has some well known actors in it. Images on the site look nifty.

Orphans of the Storm is a silent melodrama set during the French Revolution, starring the Gish sisters as two pretty teen orphans, one blind, one not, separated by rioting during the Terror. Their trials of survival, and eventual reunion still form a gripping tale more than 80 years after the film was made, both due to the subtle acting of the sisters, and the unsubtle adventure provided by the nearly "Indiana Jones" speed script full of violence, romance, and terror. Most costumes are actually pretty accurate, a surprising thing for a Hollywood film in this era.

The Patriot -- Believe every review you read that was critical of the plot (yes it is "Gladiator" crossed with "Braveheart" in knickers), but like those films, it is still reasonably entertaining, and has wonderfully reproduced the material culture of the day. Costume highlights include Tom Wilkinson as General Cornwallis having breakfast in his banyan, uniforms out the wazoo, and a meeting of the South Carolina Legislature.

File:Pirates1.jpeg Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is an amusing romp, with quite a few extremely plausible early 18th Century costumes running through it. It's main delights however are in the wonderfully complicated yet quick moving action-adventure plot, and lots of excellent performances by ordinarily serious dramatic actors who were clearly enjoying the chance to make a not too serious Pirate movie. Most notable is Johnny Depp, who plays a good guy pirate as if he's a bit like Keith Richards on a stoner bend. Expect something deep and serious and you will be disappointed, expect good quality summer popcorn fare, and you will be highly amused.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - MovieWeb
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Official Web Site
YouTube - Pirates of the Caribbean the ride
Navy Uniforms in Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean Davy Jones Key Replica Toys & Games
Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth Swann Necklace Replica Jewelry & Watches
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Plunket and McClaine has moments, in fact, quite a few. About 1/2 of a good film, and 1/2 of an utter bore, scrambled together without regards consistency of style or pity for the audience. Rent it and fast forward through any bits without either Robert Carlyle as an apothecary turned Highwayman, or Alan Cumming as an omnisexual fop with a heart of gold.

Quills A wonderful film loosely based on a stage play about the fictional relationship between a priest, a laundress, and the Marquis de Sade during the latter's incarceration in the mental asylum at Charenton. Most of the story takes place in the early 19th century, but several main characters are stuck in old clothes of the 1780s because it makes sense in the story that they would have old clothes. Stars Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix. This film and Marat/Sade now have a page of their own: Tara's Quills & Marat/Sade Page.

Quills by the Discover Kate Website
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YouTube - Quills - Special Features Costuming (Simone)
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Quills
See also Marat/Sade (above)

A Respectable Trade, was recommended to me, but I haven't seen it so can't comment, other than to say it is a tragic romance, set against the backdrop of the slave trade in late 18th Century England.

'Revolution '.......yawn.... one funny scene with a hairpin....uniforms.

''' ''' ''' Ridicule : Has lots of historical glitches, plus lots of dead-on recreations mixed together, but the primary interest is the complex plot, and interesting characters. A genuinely entertaining film, with or without costumes, it is a must see with costumes added as garnish. Take special note of the iron gray masquerade wigs in the climactic scene--they were made of steel wool!

Ridicule

A film with little to recommend it but a supporting actor's performance in it is Rob Roy' , an impressive piece of uneven writing, enlivened in spots by the uniformly excellent cast and the splendid fight choreography by William Hobbs. This was the "other" Scottish hero film that came out the same time as Braveheart, but did poorly because 80% of the writing has the highlanders so lofty and noble they are utterly tedious. So are their costumes, which lack Bravehearts weirder edge. All the real fun in the film, both costume wise, and script wise, is had by Tim Roth as the over dressed English villain, wondrously bewigged, and spewing all the script's funny lines. Everyone I know loves this film, watches it over and over, but just fast forwards through all the parts without either Roth or sheep shagging jokes.

A Royal Scandal made for TV comedy on George IV's marital problems, starring Richard E. Grant. Funny, with wonderfully repulsive versions of 1790's-1820's English dress. Ian Richardson narrates.

Royal Scandal

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal The unusual love story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings. Sally was a black slave who Jefferson acquired as part of his wife's dowry, who incidentally was her younger half sister. Several years after his wife's death Jefferson started an affair with Sally, and continued to live with her through his terms as President and till his death, producing several kids.

Sam Neill Images -- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

Saint-Cyr or The King's Daughters appears to be a comedy/drama set around 1700 about the relationships between Louis XIV, his daughters, (schooled in the convent of Saint-Cyr,) and Mme.de Maintenon, their official governess, who eventually was married in secret to the elderly King. I don't know if there is as yet any version of this film subtitled or dubbed into English.

Amazon.fr - DVD, Saint-Cyr

The Scarlet Empress is a complete fantasy riff by Joseph von Sternberg on the theme of Catherine II (aka "The Great") and her rise to power. With Marlene Dietrich in the lead, surreal settings, and lavishly weird costumes, this film has no relationship with historical reality either in costumes or plot, but it is fun filmmaking. | valign="top" |Google |- | align="left" valign="top" |

The Art of Sleepy Hollow

DVD: Sleepy Hollow The Slipper and the Rose

Tom Jones (1963) | valign="top" | The late 1930's film of The Scarlet Pimpernel concentrates it's costuming efforts on Leslie Howard and Raymond Massey, it's male stars. Both are attired in the extremes of French fashion of the period. Merle Oberon, the heroine, has hit and miss period dress, as was the custom at the time. The script has all the awkward incompleteness of the original novel, but is nonetheless enjoyable due to the wonderful acting of the three leads.

The Scarlet Pimpernel 1935

The 1980's Cult favorite made-for-T.V. movie, The Scarlet Pimpernel [3], makes use of the formal/informal conflict in mens clothing of the 18th Century to underscore the conflict between the two main male characters, and aristocrat and a revolutionary. The aristocrat uses his sartorial splendor in clothing to compete with the revolutionary, and the revolutionary uses his radical dress to insult the aristocracy he is fighting. Contains a memorable piece of fight choreography that has the hero peel and cut off his antagonist's objectionable clothing during the course of the duel. (See this site: The Period Movie Review: Pimpernell: The Fashion Duel) A costume flick not to be missed, it is the most popular version of the story made, with great writing, acting and design throughout.

Chauvelin's Place
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Pimpernel Screensavers at Lynn's Costume Movie Desktop Themes
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982
An Interview with Jane Greenwood - Costume Designer (Stage musical based on this version)
- SP: Interview with Jane Greenwood

The Scarlet Pimpernel This is the new A&E version of The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney. The designer clearly has fun through it's 3 two-hour episodes with recreating French Revolutionary dress. The focus of the episodes is on events in France, more than London, and we are treated to numerous scenes with Robespierre not only dressed as he was actually described, but behaving that way too. Dramatically weaker than the 1980's film, it still has worthwhile moments.

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow while ostensibly being set in 1799, is a richly imagined view of a gothic c. 1780 America. The plot, far from being a horror film (despite lots of lopped off heads and a headless undead antagonist) is pure gothic romance, with comic Tim Burton touches. Among other things the traditional gothic female role is filled by the pale and fainting hero (Johnny Depp). The DVD is filled with hours of fun extras and information.

Sleepy Hollow

The Slipper & The Rose is an anomaly, a film musical where you want to watch the spoken scenes and fast forward through all the songs. The costumes are good, the actors good, it is just all the tedious songs that needed editing out.

Tom Jones , the opposite of Barry Lyndon, Tom Jones is so fun and funny as a film that one tends to ignore the costuming, which is otherwise a fine sort of mid 18th Century Hogarthian revel. Remarkably true to costume period for a film made in 1963, the film also justly won 4 Oscars including Best Picture, plus the best picture awards that year of BAFTA, Golden Globe, NBR-USA, and NYFCCA. Funny, fast paced and sexy it is a must see.

Tom Jones aka Henry Fielding's Tom Jones A&E Version of the story above. Longer, more soap-opera sentimental, but with lavish production values, and an excellent cast.

Henry Fielding's Tom Jones

</u>Valmont | valign="top" | Treasure Island Many Versions of this classic Pirate Adventure exist on Video


Triumph of Love this film, like The Clandestine Marriage (above), is closely based on a mid-18th Century stage play, and like Marriage, it also is a bit of an awkward fit as a film, but it still has a good deal of charm in the comedy-romance dept. and costume areas. Students of theatre history can also enjoy viewing the contrasts the two films represent in showing the English (Clandestine Marriage) and French (Triumph of Love) methods of representing situational romantic comedy in the same era.

Valmont has the same basic characters and story as Dangerous Liaisons, but is less interesting both as a film and for it's costumes. It is however, interesting how the two designers managed to suggest different worlds: Liaisons is stiff, formal and removed from natural behavior, Valmont has the same sort of soft, sensuous romantic look as Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (another film put into 18th Century Dress). Not surprisingly, Valmont was able (as Liaisons was not) to sell a line of high fashion clothing tie-ins that mimicked the softened psudo-18th Century look of the film's costumes.

The Dangerous Liaisons Webring
Valmont
Colin Firth in Valmont
Les Liaisons Dangereuses costumes at UAF
Valmont
YouTube - Near you always - Valmont

Young Catherine, a made for TV film now out on video, is one of those over-the-top Barbara Cartland type romantic melodramas that rewrite history. It's costuming is more sloppy than the film Moll Flanders (which says a lot), but includes some fun bits and pieces, particularly accurate 18th Century Russian and Prussian uniforms. The plot is absurd, and the dialogue high camp, but the wonderful cast sell nearly every line of it. As in Rob Roy, the bad guy (in this case Peter III), gets most of the fun, but in this film the leads get to do scenery chewing and naughty stuff as well.

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+'''18th Century Costume Flicks'''
+''"I love them all!  Oh why can't I have three heads?!"'' ---<u>Amadeus</u>
+Several films which have employed fairly accurate 18th Century costume in them have come out, mainly in the past 30 years, and some of them are available on Video &amp; DVD. While all of these films have some flaws from a historians point of view, it should be remembered that these films were not designed as museum pieces, and yet they still do offer an invaluable extra dimension to the study of period costume.
+''All photos property of the film companies who made the films.  '''Pictures for viewing purposes only'''.''
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+[[Image:smallguyright.gif|90px|smallguyright.gif (4562 bytes)]]
+| rowspan="2" valign="top" |[http://www.google.com/  [[Image:Logo_25wht.gif|75px|Google]]]
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+''' [[Image:1776.jpg|132px|mthumb23.jpg (17869 bytes)]] 1776''' the musical is pretty tepid costume-wise, with some really sloppy bits in places.  As a musical however, it is first rate, despite the seemingly improbable subject matter:  The Continental Congress' passing of the <u>Declaration of Independence</u> in the Summer of 1776.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302799139/thecostumersmani  1776]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnl3i08l-ds YouTube - Panavision - 1972 1776 (trailer)]
+'' [[Image:baron03.jpg|146px|baron03.jpg (41493 bytes)]] '''''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ''' includes both late 18th Century and wild fantasy costumes.  There is also a whole "Persian" sequence with a harem as depicted in 18th Century European costume books.  Charming for both kids and adults, it's blend of realism and fantasy make it watchable again and again.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304352611/thecostumersmani  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuqBKiKycbA YouTube - The Adventures of the Baron of Munchausen]
+[[Image:necklace1.jpg]]  '''The Affair of the Necklace''' is based on the machinations of the aristocratic con-artist Countess Jeanne de la Motte-Valois, in 1780's  France.  Alas, rather than celebrate this woman as one of the great bad girls of history, the script makes stultifying attempts to turn her into a tragic soap opera heroine, which even Hilary Swank cannot save from seeming a limp goody two shoes.  Rent it on DVD however since it has a good costume "extra" on the disk, and is visually gorgeous.
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+[http://www.qksrv.net/click-904740-4005938  [[Image:5539.jpg]] Costumes at BuyCostumes  ]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767813871/thecostumersmani  [[Image:1776.jpg]] 1776]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767809335/thecostumersmani  [[Image:adventuresofbaronmunchausen.jpg]] The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887346103/thecostumersmani  [[Image:periodcostforstageandscreen2.gif]] Period Costume for Stage &amp; Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800 ]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887346375/thecostumersmani  [[Image:mens17thand18thcent.jpg]] Men's Seventeenth &amp; Eighteenth Century Costume : Cut and Fashion]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486243311/thecostumersmani  [[Image:18thcentfashplates.gif]] Eighteenth Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color] [[Image:image-904740-6323393]]  [[Image:image-904740-6323385]]  [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871272318/thecostumersmani  [[Image:earlydancepart2.jpg]] Early Dance Part 2] (Baroque Dance)[http://www.qksrv.net/click-904740-4005938 [[Image:1894.jpg]] [[Image:3643.jpg]] [[Image:5701.jpg]][[Image:5716.jpg]] Costumes at BuyCostumes   ]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0582312078/thecostumersmani  [[Image:domesticserviceandgender.jpg]] Domestic Service and Gender, 1660-1750 (Women and Men in History)]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305849633/thecostumersmani  [[Image:Mesmer2.jpg]] Mesmer]
+[[Image:quillsdvd.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CXPV/thecostumersmani Quills]
+[[Image:Rothwig.gif|84px|Rothwig.gif (14284 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304286317/thecostumersmani Rob Roy]
+[[Image:sp1.jpg|105px|sp2.jpg (82280 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0784001847/thecostumersmani The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595130828/thecostumersmani  [[Image:dramaticworksdesade.jpg]]   Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade][http://www.qksrv.net/click-904740-4005938 [[Image:10119.jpg]] Costumes at BuyCostumes   ]
+; [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0966207459/thecostumersmani  [[Image:howtodancethroughtimeIV.jpg]] How To Dance through Time Vol. IV: The Elegance of Baroque Social Dance][http://www.cafepress.com/cp/members/products/index.aspx?s=0 [[Image:inchespinbox.jpeg]] Tile topped Pin Box]
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+[[Image:necklace3.jpg]] [[Image:necklace4.jpg]] [[Image:necklace5.jpg]] [[Image:necklace6.jpg]] [[Image:necklace7.jpg]] [[Image:necklace2.jpg]]
+* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1110301/multimedia.php The Affair of the Necklace (2001): Multimedia: Trailer, Poster, Photo, and Other Downloadables]
+* [http://www.affairofthenecklace.com AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE] Official Site
+* [http://www.affairofthenecklace.com Trailer]
+* [http://movieweb.com/movies/film.php?312 The Affair Of The Necklace (2001) - MovieWeb]
+* [http://romanticmovies.about.com/library/weekly/aaneckpicsa.htm Affair of the Necklace Publicity Stills]
+* [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/36026p1.html  Stax Report: Script Review of The Affair of the Necklace]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CY5S/thecostumersmani  [[Image:affairofthenecklace.jpg]] The Affair of the Necklace]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOROQQJUXhQ&mode=related&search= YouTube - Center of Jeanne (Music video with Clips from Affair of the Necklace)]
+'' [[Image:amadeus.jpg|134px|amadeus.jpg (55818 bytes)]] ''The film <u>'''Amadeus,'''</u> while weak in its costuming of dress extras, brings to life a great number of fashions and hairstyles from the 1780s which are hard to visualize from historical references, for example, colored hair powder is sometimes mentioned, but is rarely shown in contemporary portraiture.  The strong plot and script, loosely based on the stage play by Peter Schaffer, excellent casting, and strong directorial choices won it an Academy Award for Best Picture.
+[[Image:amadeus.gif|200px|amadeus.gif (19696 bytes)]]
+* Amadeus Screensavers at [http://www.geocities.com/lynnsthemes/ Lynn's Costume Movie Desktop Themes]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0790734249/thecostumersmani  Amadeus (Widescreen Edition)]
+* [http://www.geocities.com/mozart_lover83/Amadeus.html Amadeus]
+* [http://movieweb.com/movies/film.php?164 Amadeus (1984) - MovieWeb]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006DEFA/thecostumersmani  [[Image:amadeusdirectorscut.jpeg]] Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) (1984)]
+<u>'''Amazing Grace'''</u> The story of the opposition to the slave trade in late 18th - early 19th century English Political circles.
+''<u> [[Image:amorousadventmolllfla.gif]] </u>''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302443253/thecostumersmani '''The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'''] I haven't seen since I was an infant, so I can't comment.  However with George Sanders in it it must have some redeeming value even if it has as little relationship to the novel as I've heard.
+[[Image:aristocrats.gif]] <u>'''The Aristocrats'''</u>  is a tedious TV show on the amazingly interesting lives of the real Lennox sisters.  An absolute must see for the detailed costumes, interiors, etc. but oddly unengaging, for such fascinating subject matter.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0297825054/o/qid=953537041/sr=8-3/102-6182127-2184820  Aristocrats : The Illustrated Companion to the Television Series]
+* [http://alpha.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/masterpiecetheatre/programs/aristocrats/ ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theater | Aristocrats]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WGBT/thecostumersmani  Aristocrats]
+<u>'''Barry Lyndon''' </u>wallows in reproduction "Gainsboroughs" complete with the sort of half-powdered hair popular in the 1780's in England. The plot is tedious, but one can't really be bored because the costumes are so egregiously lavish they keep one excited.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005ATQ9/thecostumersmani  [[Image:barrylyndon.jpg]] Barry Lyndon (1975)]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IQBN/thecostumersmani  Barry Lyndon]
+* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fWiOinTzOs
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4aDIc4uCOc&feature=related YouTube - Barry Lyndon - Movie trailer from Kubrick`s Film]
+'''<u> [[Image:beaumarchais.jpg]] Beaumarchais, The Scoundrel </u>'''is an amusing French language biopic with elements of whipped-cream-light sex farce, played in whipped cream white, pastel and off white costumes.  (occasionally a person wanders in wearing a strong color to make a point) While everyone looks too clean for 18th century Paris (even the grotty street people are mostly beige and pearl gray) the whole film has a light witty feel appropriate for the subject: The life of the author of <u>The Marriage of Figaro.</u>
+* [http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/ART/BEAUMARC/beaumar.html Beaumarchais, the insolent]
+* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/BeaumarchaistheScoundrel-1082781/ Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996): Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Michel Serrault, Edouard Molinaro]
+* [http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/fnf99n3.html New York State Writers Institute - Beaumarchais, L'Insolent]
+'''<u>The Beggar's Opera</u>''' Laurence Olivier starred in it, Peter Brooke directed it, and it was faithfully  based on the still popular 18th century Operetta by John Gay, but it tanked most miserably and so is terribly hard to find even now.
+[[Image:BWCV512x341_BW0031.jpg]] [[Image:pacte4.jpg]] '''The Brotherhood of the Wolf:''' How do you get a long, highly symbolic, French subtitled "art"  film on the corruption of the Pre-Revolutionary government and church in France to appeal to millions of American teenagers? Add lots of sex, attractive actors of both genders, improbable Asian martial arts action sequences, and gothic horror.  Weirdly it works, on both levels, and most of the costumes (with the exception of the Ren-faire gypsy "biker" gang group) are actually pretty plausible.  Great fun if you don't mind mixing your genres.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006ADEM/thecostumersmani  [[Image:brotherhoodofwoolf.jpg]] Brotherhood of the Wolf]
+'''Casanova '''(2005) Is an amusing, if slight, romantic comedy, with some very plausible, yummy costumes &amp; filming locations decorating a highly improbable (but cute) plot.  Stars Heath Ledger as a remarkably straight-man Casanova, and Jeremy Irons as an unusually comic Grand Inquisitor, his would-be nemesis.
+* [http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trailers.php?id=1276 Casanova (2005) Movie Trailers, Clips and More - RopeofSilicon.com]
+'''''<u>Casanova </u>'''''(Fellini 1970's) is a hard to find film with lots of fun costume moments in it's amazingly long tedious plot. No matter how bored you get however, don't stop watching until you see the decadent nobleman dressed as a preying mantis entertain his bewigged French and Spanish dinner guests with a mini opera where he hunts and pounces on a nubile golden fly boy.
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAegTp9CS-Y YouTube - casanova trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LV0hxgdsM YouTube - Fellini's Casanova Trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAMuppW4mH8 YouTube - FELLINI'S CASANOVA (donald sutherland)]
+There is also a made for TV swashbuckler<u> ''' Casanova'''</u> with Richard Chamberlain from the late 1970's that is mildly amusing, and mainly well costumed within a low budget.
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000524F3/thecostumersmani  [[Image:catherinethegreat.jpg]] '''Catherine the Great''']''' ''' has much, much better costuming than the similarly themed [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302025079/thecostumersmani  Young Catherine], but has a pitifully weak script, that gives Catherine no character development in the entire 2 hours.  This has lots of good actors in it, mostly struggling with a plot that goes nowhere, and a "climax" that isn't.
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+[[Image:eagle.gif]][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000006BSV/thecostumersmani  Hollywood Classics Collectors Edition - The Eagle]
+[[Image:cruelintentions.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767819594/thecostumersmani Cruel Intentions]
+; [[Image:casanovatheman.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374525579/thecostumersmani Casanova : The Man Who Really Loved Women]
+;
+; [[Image:lesliaisonsdangereuses.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385487339/thecostumersmani Les Liaisons Dangereuses]
+; [[Image:historyofmylife12.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801856620/thecostumersmani History of My Life (Volumes I &amp; II)]
+; [[Image:historyofmylife12.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801856639/thecostumersmani History of My Life (Volumes III &amp; IV)]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571137245/thecostumersmani  [[Image:lesliaisons.jpg]] Les Liaisons Dangereuses]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393314421/thecostumersmani  [[Image:forbiddenbestsellers.jpg]] The Forbidden Best-Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France]
+;; [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001JUGAO/thecostumersmani  [[Image:whiteempresswig.jpeg]] White Empress Wig]
+;; [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001JUGAY/thecostumersmani  [[Image:deluxfrenchcourtesanwig.jpeg]] Deluxe French Courtesan Wig]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300062877/thecostumersmani  [[Image:artofdress17501820.gif]] The Art of Dress : Fashion in England and France 1750 to 1820]
+;; [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300071280/thecostumersmani  [[Image:dressinfrance18thcent.gif]] Dress in France in the Eighteenth Century]
+;; [[Image:image-904740-6261302]]
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-[[aquariangallery_ReineDeChypre159| [[Image:ReineDeChypre159_small.jpg|100px|ReineDeChypre159.jpg (55951 bytes)]]]]'''Reine De Chypre 15th. C.'''
+[http://us.imdb.com/Posters?0167082 '''''Clandestine Marriage, The (1999)'''''] Loosely based on the 18th Century romantic comedy of the same name.  This production is a bit slow and odd at times, but the uniformly excellent cast in a convoluted plot full of twists and absurdities would still make this film quite watchable even without the magnificent costuming.  Nigel Hawthorne does an exceptionally fine turn as an elderly but amorous nobleman, and Joan Collins proves she can do more than sex queens, while playing a pretentious eccentric rich old aunt with a bizarre affected accent.
+[[Image:clarisa1.jpg|187px|clarisa1.jpg (14350 bytes)]] <u>'''Clarissa'''</u> Made for TV movie of one of the longest, most depressing episilatory novels of the 18th Century, this production is considerably enlivened with high production values (particularly costumes), and good acting.    At long last available on DVD... The plot shares certain similarities with <u>Les Liaisons Dangereuses</u>, and it is probable that it was an influence upon the author of that later work.
+[[Image:claris8e.jpg|126px|claris8e.jpg (19824 bytes)]]
+* [http://jungcircle.com/muse/negcap.htm Clarissa: an exorcism]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009S4INI/thecostumersmani  [[Image:clarissa.jpeg]]Amazon.com: Clarissa: DVD]
+* [http://www.compleatseanbean.com/clari.html Clarissa]
+[[Image:crucib-3.jpg|81px|crucib-3.jpg (28073 bytes)]] [http://movieweb.com/movie/thecrucible/index.html '''The Crucible'''], set in very early 18th Century America is meticulously accurate, and consequently a costume bore, since dress in Puritan New England was utilitarian to the point of tedium.  The film, on the other hand is quite intense and as good of an interpretation of the Arthur Miller play as can be imagined.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/079394144X/thecostumersmani  The Crucible]
+* [http://www.dd-l.net/PGI/CRU/index.html The Crucible]
+[[Image:dangerous1.gif|127px|dangerous1.gif (43291 bytes)]] '''<u>Dangerous Liaisons</u>'''<u>: </u>What rock did you just crawl out from that you didn't know this was one of the greatest costume flicks of all time? NEVER miss the opening credits, since they contain scenes of the two leads, a French nobleman and noblewoman being dressed for the day by their army of servants. In addition to costumes that look like they escaped from museums (while still perfectly delineating character) the writing, directing and acting are marvelous too. This film is based on the Christopher Hampton play <u>Les Liaisons Dangereuses</u>''''[[MWBH_images/merteuil| [[Image:merteuil_small.JPG|150px|merteuil.JPG (64498 bytes)]]]] [[Image:three.jpg]] [[MWBH_images/liasions1| [[Image:liasions1_small.jpg|150px|liasions1.jpg (158163 bytes)]]]]
+* [[SHOWS_100pages/Liasions1|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]] costumes at UAF[[Image:scissdotclear.gif]]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305562474/thecostumersmani  Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen Edition)]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304696515/thecostumersmani  Dangerous Liaisons]
+* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rfonfa/pps/liaisons.html P&amp;P Liaisons Dangereuses]
+* [http://members.iconn.net/~ab234/Plays/Les_Liaisons_Dangereuses/LesLiaisons.html Les Liaisons Dangereuses]
+* [[shows_100pages/Liasionslinks|Les Liaisons Dangereuses Links]][[Image:scissdotclear.gif]]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304696515/thecostumersmani  [[Image:dangerousliaisons.jpg]] Dangerous Liaisons]
+* [http://www.chuckiii.com/Reports/Movies_&_TV/Dangerous_Liaisons_vs_Cruel_Intentions.shtml Dangerous Liaisons vs. Cruel Intentions]
+* [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2006/09/dangerous-liaisons-1988.html The Period Movie Review Dangerous Liaisons (1988)]
+* [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/ The Period Movie Review]
+** [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2006/08/rococo-18th-century_31.html The Period Movie Review Rococo -18th Century]
+*** [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2006/09/dangerous-liaisons-1988.html The Period Movie Review Dangerous Liaisons (1988)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqsH5pceiA YouTube - Back in the Saddle]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7kwcIImGM8&mode=related&search= YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons How she invented herself ]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1panW3_DMSI YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons Trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eOoqnHLzdk YouTube - Les Liaisons Dangereuses]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHydhI2aIt4&mode=related&search= YouTube - Women Education a Pillar of French Civilisation]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA-OknpCXpY YouTube -Win or Die.]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszuNN9WIBw YouTube - Polygraph - montage of Dangerous Liasons and Cruel Intentions]
+* [http://pfeiffer.morrisseydesignstudio.com/film_88_dliaisons.htm <nowiki>bond's michelle pfeiffer web page -- ''Dangerous Liaisons''</nowiki>]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYKwRchDI&feature=fvw YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons Costumes- Marquise de Merteuil]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CeYKwRchDI&feature=related YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons Costumes- Marquise de Merteuil]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HriCEbnlEKQ&feature=related YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons 1988 -Dressing for Battle- Part 1]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GBhKrwdqjo&feature=related YouTube - Dangerous Liaisons Opening]
+'''<u>'' [[Image:danton.gif]] ''</u>'''<u>'''Danton''' </u>is probably the most period-accurate designed film set in the French Revolutionary era ever made.   Sets and costumes are all based on the paintings of J. L. David during this part of his career, and David is even a minor character in the film.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0780021797/thecostumersmani  Danton]
+''''''
+''' [http://www.amazon.com/Duchess-Dub-Sub-Ac3-Dol/dp/B001L57ZZG/thecostumersmani [[Image:the-duchess.jpg]] The Duchess] '''a Biopic of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, a notable British political hostess and fashion icon of the 1770s-80s who had a moderately scandalous life, with a few fairly obvious parallels to Princess Diana's life. Soapy, but well acted by all, and a definite costume treat.
+* [http://www.theduchessmovie.com/ The Duchess]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAgagDZWGyc&feature=related YouTube - The Duchess Costume Design Oscar]
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864761/ IMDB The Duchess]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHuc_Tkcvhg&feature=related YouTube - Lady Georgiana &amp; The Duchess Tribute]
+[[Image:eagle.jpg|133px|eagle.jpg (47213 bytes)]] '''The Eagle''', a Valentino silent,   is the loosest possible interpretation of Catherine the Great's Russia ever seen, but it is still a decidedly cute romantic comedy.
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+[[Image:farinelli.jpg|132px|farinelli.jpg (13266 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303637493/thecostumersmani Farinelli: Il Castrato][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005AUJT/thecostumersmani [[Image:madnessofkinggeorge.jpg]] The Madness of King George]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595130828/thecostumersmani  [[Image:dramaticworksdesade.jpg]]   Dramatic Works of the Marquis de Sade]
+[[Image:three.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305562474/thecostumersmani Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen Edition)][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750923385/thecostumersmani [[Image:mmedepompadoursex.jpg]] Madame De Pompadour : Sex, Culture and Power]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486271242/thecostumersmani  [[Image:thehistofunderclothes.jpg]] The History of Underclothes][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/089676026X/thecostumersmani [[Image:patternsoffashion1.gif]] Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwoman's Dresses and Their Construction: c.1660-1860]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0878300260/thecostumersmani  [[Image:thecutofwomensclothes.jpg]] The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0500278806/thecostumersmani  [[Image:silkdesigns18thcent.jpg]] Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century : From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London]
+[[Image:athomewiththemarquis.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684800071/thecostumersmani At Home With the Marquis De Sade : A Life]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0750923385/thecostumersmani  [[Image:mmedepompadoursex.jpg]] Madame De Pompadour : Sex, Culture and Power]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VIID8/thecostumersmani  [[Image:1inchblackpigleatherboot.jpeg]] 1 Inch Black Pig Leather Boot]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002VIU1I/thecostumersmani  [[Image:blackpigleatherthighhiboot.jpeg]] Black Pig Leather Thigh High Boot]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300080026/thecostumersmani  [[Image:thegentlemansdaughter.jpg]] The Gentleman's Daughter : Women's Lives in Georgian England]
+[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300107145/thecostumersmani  [[Image:dangerousliaisons.jpg|175px|dangerousliaisons.jpg (16522 bytes)]] Amazon.com Dangerous Liaisons Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century (Metropolitan Mu]seum
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/084782151X/thecostumersmani  [[Image:fashionindetail17th.gif]] Fashion in Detail : From the 17th and 18th Centuries]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521574544/thecostumersmani  [[Image:cultureofclothing.jpg]] The Culture of Clothing : Dress and Fashion in the 'Ancien Regime' (Past and Present Publications)]
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-[[aquariangallery_CostumeMilitaire149| [[Image:CostumeMilitaire149_small.jpg|100px|CostumeMilitaire149.jpg (52131 bytes)]]]]'''Costume Militaire 15th. C.'''
+''' [[Image:farinelli16l.jpg]] Farinelli''', on the world of early 18th Century Opera castrati is visually beautiful, but it's soap-opera melodramatic plot suffers in comparison with Anne Rice's book <u>Cry to Heaven</u>, which seems to have inspired it. Farinelli was a real person by the by.
+* [http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/farinelli/farinelli.html Farinelli]
+[[Image:50shornblow1.jpg|103px|50shornblow1.jpg (35042 bytes)]] [[Image:50shornblow2.jpg|109px|50shornblow2.jpg (30356 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302464889/thecostumersmani '''Captain Horatio Hornblower''']'''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302464889/thecostumersmani ,] '''a middle part of the CS Forester  series of ''Horatio Hornblower'' novels was made into a color Gregory Peck movie in the 1950's.  This film is actually set past the 18th Century in the early 19th Century portion of the novels.  It has been known for years for the detailed accuracy of the uniforms, although it is far less '' stringent '' about the women's dress.
+[[Image:horncrew.gif|141px|horncrew.gif (170685 bytes)]] '''''[http://www.aetv.com/tv/shows/horatio/ Horatio Hornblower] '''''This A&amp;E series of 4 two hour ''<u>Horatio Hornblower</u>'' films (later expanded by another 2 set in the early 1800s, to be followed soon by two more, set presumably a little later) covers the first Forester novel ''Mr Midshipman Hornblower'' which spans 1792-1796.  The costume designer John Mollo (''The Duelists, Nicholas and Alexandra, Star Wars'') is justly famed for his detailed research, particularly on uniforms, and not a shoe buckle is "off".  The films are full of action, period detail, and yummy actors in tight pants.
+''''' [[Image:hornpair.jpg|150px|horizon.jpg (45939 bytes)]] '' [[Image:hornduch.jpg|140px|evil_pilotfish0055.jpg (190998 bytes)]]'''
+* [http://www.aande.com/tv/shows/horatio/ AandE.com On TV : Horatio Hornblower]
+* [http://www.hornblowertv.com/ HORNBLOWER]
+* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_177000/177771.stm BBC News: Costume battle goes to sea]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767014812/thecostumersmani  Horatio Hornblower]
+''' [[Image:gulliver1.jpg|199px|gulliver1.jpg (9615 bytes)]] ''''''Gulliver's Travels''', another made for TV movie now out on video, is lengthy, and at times, tedious, but should not be missed by any costume junkie.  In addition to lots of splendid early 18th Century dress, many of the "lands" Gulliver travels to are costumed in the way that 18th Century European illustrators drew clothing of other cultures and times.  Money was apparently no object, and the whole "madness as sanity" theme which begins as a tiresome plot device, ends up with a decent payoff by the script's end.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304111835/thecostumersmani  Gulliver's Travels]
+''''' [[Image:jefferson2.jpg|105px|jefferson2.jpg (7835 bytes)]] '''''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303584675/thecostumersmani '''Jefferson in Paris''']<u>'</u> plot centers around the romance between Thomas Jefferson, then ambassador to France,  and Maria Cosway, wife of the painter,  in pre-revolutionary Paris, but the real payoff is with the slow revelation of the bitter twisted relations created in the Jefferson/Skelton/Hemmings family by the "peculiar institution" of slavery.
+* [http://18thcenturyblog.com/2009/07/screencaps-from-jefferson-in-paris Screencaps from Jefferson in Paris � 18th century blog]
+'''<u>John Adams</u> '''Brilliant Made for TV miniseries on John and Abagail Adams and their influence on American Revolutionary politics.
+<u>'''Joseph Andrews'''</u> is a bit of a bomb, with really extreme takes on 1770's 1780's dress, but with some nice bits that take place in the Roman spa at Bath. Includes also a ridiculous "Hellfire Club" type Satanic ritual sequence, and lots of Ann Margaret's cleavage.  Costumes for this film were built by Jean Hunniset, author of [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887346103/thecostumersmani  Period Costume for Stage &amp; Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303451187/thecostumersmani ''' [[Image:kingofthewind.jpg]] King of the Wind'''] I haven't yet seen.  It is a "family" movie about a North African boy's friendship with a horse and their travels to England.
+[[Image:varennes2.jpg|108px|varennes2.jpg (7297 bytes)]] '''<u>La Nuit de Varennes</u> ''' is a jewel of a film on the French Revolution, not to be missed by anyone who is interested in this period.  It includes [http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/retif/restif1.txt Restif de la Brettone], Thomas Paine and Casanova among other's in this "Stagecoach" like plot.  Harvey Keitel plays Paine as a sensitive romantic lead in this French film a decade before America figured out he was sexy in<u> Piano</u>.   The last part of the film has a special costume moment that should not be missed, when we at last see what important object the mysterious countess has been carrying in a bandbox across France.
+'''The Lady and the Duke''' is an adaptation of the memoirs of British aristocrat, (and notorious woman), Grace Dalrymple Eliot during the French Revolution. The most talked about feature of this production  however has been the design, done by filming the actors in front of blue screens, and putting in backgrounds adapted from 18th Century paintings and engravings.  It is very talky about politics in this era (in French with subtitles), so it mainly appeals to film &amp; theatre designers and French Revolution buffs, but not to the <u>Brotherhood of The Wolf</u> crowd.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006FI0P/thecostumersmani  [[Image:theladyandduke.jpg]] The Lady and the Duke]
+* [http://countingdown.com/movies/ladyandtheduke/ Countdown to The Lady and the Duke (2002)]
+[[Image:cast_cora.jpg]] Much of <u>'''The Last of the Mohicans'''</u>, set in mid 18th Century America during the French and Indian War, is  rather blandly realistic utilitarian frontier wear; however between the nifty Native American costumes, the uniforms, and the two English girl's gowns, there is costume stuff enough to watch it, even if you aren't partial to it's odd but fun blend of violent war film and torrid romance.
+[[Image:Alice.jpg]] [[Image:mohican9.jpg|119px|mohican9.jpg (62571 bytes)]] [[Image:last_mjr.jpg]]
+* [http://www.OzCraft.com/scifidu/mohicans.html The Last of the Mohicans]
+* Mohicans Screensavers at [http://www.geocities.com/lynnsthemes/ Lynn's Costume Movie Desktop Themes]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303942830/thecostumersmani  The Last of the Mohicans]
+'''Munchausen''' (Germany, 1943) clearly inspired Terry Gilliam's film, while being quite different, and yet oddly creepy.  The most amazing thing however is the insane sumptuousness of the production and location shooting done in the middle of WWII.
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdieIgs62eo&feature=related YouTube - M�nchhausen meets Catherine the Great the Great]
+''' [[Image:libertin21.jpg]][http://www.vincentperez.com/libertin.html Le Libertin] '''(2000) was recommended to me by a French site user, and is not yet available in the US.  According to online sources, it is a very broad sex comedy based on a day in the life of [[DIDEROT| Denis Diderot]] played by Vincent Perez in various stages of undress.  Online photos and the trailer show bright sherbet colored costumes cut to accurate period style, and some very goofy situations.
+* [http://www.vincentperez.com/libertin.html Le Libertin]
+[[Image:ellibertino9.jpg]] [[Image:libertin28.jpg]] [[Image:libertin2.jpg]]
+There are also several more Vincent Perez movies set in this era that are not yet available in NTSC (USA) format, but which are available to European fans:
+* [http://www.vincentperez.com/bossu.html Le Bossu (On Guard)] (Highly recommended by a European fan of my site)
+* [http://www.vincentperez.com/tulipe.html Fanfan la tulipe]
+* [http://www.vincentperez.com/voyage.html Le Voyage du Capitaine Fracasse]
+'''Longitude''' I haven't seen it yet, but it has Michael Gambon, is full of cool Early Modern techno geek cred, and looks like it has good costumes, so I hope to see it on TV when it repeats:
+* [http://joyfulmolly.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/resource-longitude-screencaps-first-batch-135/ Resource: �Longitude� screencaps (first batch � 135) � Joyful Molly]
+* [http://joyfulmolly.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/resource-longitude-screencaps-the-second-batch-278/ Resource: �Longitude� screencaps � the second batch (278) � Joyful Molly]
+[[Image:madness2.jpg|98px|madness2.jpg (9307 bytes)]] '''<u>The Madness of King George</u>''', a funny and touching film about the health and family problems of George III, is another late 18th Century English costume fest.  Like <u>Tom Jones</u>, however, the story is so engaging one scarcely notices the gorgeous passing costumes.
+[[Image:madness1.jpg|116px|madness1.jpg (16359 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005AUJT/thecostumersmani  [[Image:madnessofkinggeorge.jpg]] The Madness of King George]
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+[[Image:moll1981.gif]][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630429185X/thecostumersmani  Moll Flanders (1991)][http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?wowwigs+sYZC9p+index.html+ [[Image:1770.jpg]] [[Image:ww12.gif]] ]
+; [http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Antoinette-Sofia-Coppola/dp/0847828980/thecostumersmani  [[Image:marieantoinette.jpg]] Marie Antoinette Books Sofia Coppola]
+; [http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Antoinette-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B000ICLSQU/thecostumersmani  [[Image:marieantoinettesoundtrrack.jpg]]  Marie Antoinette Music Original Soundtrack]
+; [http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Antoinette-Journey-Antonia-Fraser/dp/0307277747/thecostumersmani  [[Image:marieantoinettethejourney.jpg]] Marie Antoinette The Journey Books Antonia Fraser]
+;
+; [http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Fashion-Marie-Antoinette-Revolution/dp/0805079491/thecostumersmani [[Image:queenoffashion.jpg]] Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Books Caroline Weber]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767802594/thecostumersmani  [[Image:muchadoaboutnothing.jpg]] Much Ado About Nothing]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9040092907/thecostumersmani  [[Image:hautecoutureandpret.jpg]] Haute Couture &amp; Pret-A-Porter : Mode 1750-2000]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005173V/thecostumersmani  [[Image:soundtrack.jpg]]   Quills Soundtrack album]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304610904/thecostumersmani [[Image:darkprince.gif]]   Dark Prince: Intimate Tales of Marquis de Sade]
+[http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?wowwigs+sYZC9p+index.html+  [[Image:1776.jpg]] [[Image:ww12.gif]] ][http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805079491/thecostumersmani [[Image:queenoffashion.jpg]]Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Books Caroline Weber]
+[[Image:soyouwanttobeareenactor.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0788417320/thecostumersmani So, Ye Want to be a Reenactor? A Living History Handbook]
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-[[aquariangallery_NobleItalien92| [[Image:NobleItalien92_small.jpg|100px|NobleItalien92.jpg (50901 bytes)]]]]'''Noble Italien 14th. C'''
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005BKZN/thecostumersmani  [[Image:maratsade.jpg]]][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004ZERP/thecostumersmani ''' Marat / Sade'''] (full title: <u>'''The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade '''</u>Filmed version of the famous 1969 RSC Peter Brook  directed production of the play, with Ian Richardson, Glenda Jackson and Patrick Magee. Inmates at an insane asylum in 1808 recreate the events of the French Revolution leading to the 1793 assassination of Revolutionary Marat, while director de Sade and Marat debate politics, ethics and sex questions that have meaning both for their times and ours.  Extremely unusual, it is a textbook example of both "Brechtian" style staging and "Theatre of Cruelty" (two theatre styles previously thought to be opposite and mutually exclusive) .  Gets more interesting each time you see it.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004ZERP/thecostumersmani Marat Sade] buying info
+* See also <u>'''Quills'''</u> (below)
+* [[MWBH_100pages/quillsdesade|Tara's Quills &amp; Marat/Sade Page]][[Image:scissdotclear.gif]]
+''' [[Image:antoinette2.jpg|112px|antoinette2.jpg (56414 bytes)]] <u>Marie Antoinette</u>''' is one of those 1930's movies that MGM spent a fortune on. Adrian designed wonderfully over-the top lavish Hollywoodized Rococo everything for it, and it's historically silly plot still amuses, even while it's soap opera sentimental writing excesses match it's rhinestone excesses.  A must see for high camp on a <u>Waterworld</u> level budget.
+[[MWBH_images/shearerantoinette| [[Image:shearerantoinette_small.jpg|100px|shearerantoinette_small.jpg (2987 bytes)]]]]''''''''<u> </u>'' [[Image:antoinette1.jpg|94px|antoinette1.jpg (53000 bytes)]]''''''
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301973437/thecostumersmani  Marie Antoinette]
+[http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/marieantoinette/  [[Image:marieantoinette01.jpg]] Marie Antoinette] (2006), the new film by Sofia Coppola is curiously the antithesis of this previous film, and indeed of all films previously treating the life of Marie, by being rigorously anti-sentimental and emotional (though just as spectacular).  Occasionally this makes viewing portions of the film quite as dull as life in Versailles really must have been at times. However, unlike the more soap-opera type films including the 1930s <u>Marie Antoinette</u>, and <u>Affair of the Necklace</u> you get the impression this is really what this woman's life was like living in the bubble of Versailles.  [[Image:marieantoinette04.jpg]] All the talk both praising or bashing the film for the bits of modern music, MTV cutting, and the lone Converse sneaker, really miss this essential point: it is far more historically realistic than any other telling of the story.  [[Image:marieantoinette02.jpg]] It is also a film which tells the story of Versailles as a kind of machine intended for particular political use, by showing, in detail, how it was used.  The costumes (designed by Milena Cannonero who also did <u>Affair of the Necklace)</u> in particular are quite plausible as historical recreations. And yes, I have seen an 18th Century gown in a museum in that Barbie-bubblegum pink, so I'll even "buy" those, though not obviously the Converse, which was there to make a point connecting Marie's world with our own consumer culture, not to be historical.    [[Image:marieantoinette03.jpg]]
+* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/ Marie Antoinette (2006)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJ1vuUWprA YouTube - I Want Candy in Marie Antoinette]
+* [http://www.marieantoinette-lefilm.com/ Marie Antoinette - Un film de Sofia Coppola - Sortie le 24 mai 2006]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH8EUK7_-lU&feature=related YouTube - Costumes of Marie Antoinette Part 1]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYvvnAGHR7U&feature=related YouTube - Costumes of Marie Antoinette Part 2]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzono-QZGVo&feature=related YouTube - Costumes of Marie Antoinette Part 3]
+* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/marie_antoinette/photos.php Marie Antoinette Photo Gallery]
+* [http://screenmusings.org/MarieAntoinette/index.htm Marie Antoinette Screencaps - Sofia Coppola (2006)]
+* [http://modernmagik.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html The Fashion-y Blog September 2007- on marie antoinette film costumes]
+* [http://www.vmagazine.com/feature_article.php?n=196 V MAGAZINE FILM LET THEM WEAR CONVERSE Milena Cannonero Interview on Marie Antoinette]
+* [http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/marieantoinette/ Sony Pictures - Marie Antoinette]
+* [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/461049p-387690c.html New York Daily News - Daily Dish &amp; Gossip - Mostly Manolo]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805079491/thecostumersmani Queen of Fashion What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution Books Caroline Weber]
+* [http://www.marie-antoinette.org/ Marie Antoinette Online (History, Films &amp; Lit)]
+* [http://www.sitestotal.com/marie-antoinette/ Marie Antoinette Total Movie Links]
+* [http://www.freewebs.com/dregae/fanmadecostumes.htm The Costumes of Marie Antoinette The Movies and the Woman]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm9kw-1HApg YouTube - Marie Antoinette (What Can I Do)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNrtpgYv-o YouTube - Marie Antoinette - European Trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoixSvtwkaU YouTube - Marie Antoinette - Japanese Trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTOwYqMVOTQ&mode=related&search= YouTube - Marie Antoinette 2]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1SPgaHwnBU&mode=related&search= YouTube - Mean Girls]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s1YngtN3y4 YouTube - Marie Antoinette]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU9MYtR4e-Q&mode=related&search= YouTube - Marie-Antoinette Bal Masqu�]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wDegTUjd-4&mode=related&search= YouTube - Dreams]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV43192qPXg&NR YouTube - About to End]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26hv_Kft_E&mode=related&search= YouTube - Outsider]
+* [http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent/1408421.html foto_decadent Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette, US Vogue September (x-posted to snowgrouse)]
+'''''<u> [[Image:hbc-028.jpg|127px|hbc-028.jpg (70700 bytes)]] </u>'''''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303418287/thecostumersmani '''Mary Shelley's Frankenstein'''] is set in c. 1785 Switzerland, and has a reasonable amount of realistically reproduced costumes.  Because of the dour nature of the subject matter, however they tend to be rather plain so as not to compete with the story.
+[[Image:Mesmer1.jpg]] [[Image:mesmer.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305849633/thecostumersmani '''Mesmer'''] a biopic of the 18th Century Doctor of that name had mixed reviews and was controversial enough in Europe that it was never released in theatres in the US.  However It can be found on video, and is much touted online by fanatical followers of Alan Rickman, it's star.  It is a bit strange, with a sad and enigmatic ending, but I found the content as well as the execution of the story quite interesting. The costumes seem mostly plausible and attractive, without being especially exciting on their own.
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLlbdzyQtjQ&mode=related&search= YouTube - Alan Rickman -Mesmer Tribute]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJeLP98gEv4 YouTube - Mesmer - trailer]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFTRdyTYPEA&mode=related&search= YouTube - Mesmer-with Alan Rickman]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LxIpOk3oo YouTube - Mesmerizing Mesmer]
+[[Image:mollfland1.jpg|150px|mollfland1.jpg (6503 bytes)]]  '''[http://movieweb.com/movie/mollflanders/index.html Moll Flanders] ''' Not to be confused with either of the nifty PBS versions, or indeed with the book, which it in no way resembles, it nonetheless has some neat moments and some interesting costumes, amidst the mostly soap-opera plot and costuming. The best thing in the film is Morgan Freeman, who manages to come off as both period and dignified amidst a lot of plot silliness.
+* [http://movieweb.com/movie/mollflanders/index.html MOVIEWEB:'' Moll Flanders'']
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792840097/thecostumersmani  Moll Flanders (1996)]
+[[Image:mollflanders.gif|112px|mollflanders.gif (26444 bytes)]] '''[http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/masterpiecetheatre/programs/mollflanders/index.html Mobil Masterpiece Theatre: Moll Flanders] '''Much beloved PBS version of the 1990's, which stays accurate to the book's plot (although not it's tone).  Suffers a bit from a sort of soap opera feminism, but has largely accurate costumes and period decor.
+'''<u>Moll Flanders</u> '''1980's British made for TV version with a sharper, funnier script than above, but a lower budget on the design.  Highly accurate to both the book and history, it suffers little from it's obvious tech poverty.
+'''[[Image:lemonddeenvers.jpg]] [http://www.peacock.ch/archive/monde.htm Le monde a l'envers]''' was recommended to me by a site user from France.  The story concerns a girl who, jilted at the altar, runs away to sea dressed as a boy, and finds herself in adventures over her head.  Her lover meantime is in hot pursuit having merely missed the nuptials due to a hangover from his stag party....
+* [http://www.peacock.ch/archive/monde.htm Le monde a l'envers, Photo Gallery]
+* [http://www.peacock.ch/monde/index.html Le monde a l'envers, by Rolando Colla]
+* [http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/182717 Le Monde a l'envers @ Hollywood.com. Movie synopsis, review, trailer, cast and crew, locations, news and media.]
+''' [[Image:beaucaire3.jpg|149px|beaucaire3.jpg (53241 bytes)]] [[Image:beaucaire2.jpg|133px|beaucaire2.jpg (55746 bytes)]] ''''''Monsieur Beaucaire''' (silent 1920's) with designs by [[BARBIER|George Barbier]] is one of the most lavish costume spectacles of the 1920's. The women's costumes  are filtered through a Art Deco sensibility, but the men's wear  is remarkably period.  Rudolph Valentino was married to the film's production designer Natasha Rambova in Paris, and the two of them cooked up the idea of a lavish costume flick after seeing a [[BARBIER| Barbier]] designed <u>Casanova</u> play during the honeymoon.  Rambova is often mistakenly credited with the costume designs because she supervised the construction of the costumes at Eaves in NYC, and made alterations in them when the demands of the film required it.
+'''''' [[Image:muchado2.jpg|93px|muchado2.jpg (23195 bytes)]] ''''''''''''<u>Much Ado About Nothing</u> ''' ''' is loosely dressed in late 18th Century style, but without any particular intent of placing it into a period.  The whole look is like the play on which it is based, just located in a romantic Italian summer in the long ago and far away mode.  A very good romantic film version of one of Shakespeare's more lightweight comedies.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767802594/thecostumersmani  Much Ado About Nothing]
+'''Mutiny on the Bounty''' (assorted versions)
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+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879100915/thecostumersmani  [[Image:swashbucklingastepbystepguide.gif]] Swashbuckling : A Step-By-Step Guide to the Art of Stage Combat and Theatrical Swordplay][http://www.qksrv.net/click-904740-4005938 [[Image:5703.jpg]] Costumes at BuyCostumes ][http://www.qksrv.net/click-904740-3990484  ] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304192533/thecostumersmani  [[Image:orphansofthestorm.gif]] Orphans of the Storm]
+[[Image:patriotdvd.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004XPPG/thecostumersmani The Patriot]
+[[Image:patriotvideo.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004XPQ6/thecostumersmani The Patriot]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305746605/thecostumersmani  [[Image:plunkettdvd.jpg]] Plunkett &amp; Macleane]
+[[Image:quillsdvd.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CXPV/thecostumersmani Quills]
+[[Image:arespecabletrade1.gif]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764004549/thecostumersmani A Respectable Trade]
+<u>'''''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WGAM/thecostumersmani  [[Image:royalscandal.gif]] ]'''''</u>[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WGAM/thecostumersmani Royal Scandal]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A8TW/thecostumersmani  [[Image:scarletempress.jpg]] The Scarlet Empress - Criterion Collection]
+[[Image:fightdirectionforstage.jpg]][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0435086804/thecostumersmani  Fight Direction for Stage and Screen]
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+<u>'''''''' [[Image:napoleon1927.gif]] '''''''''''Napoleon'''</u> aka <u>'''Abel Gance's Napoleon'''</u>  This silent film covers the period of the French Revolution &amp; Directory at length.  Antonin Artaud plays Jean Paul Marat, and is murdered in his bath (as usual), Abel Gance plays St. Just, and the memorably eccentric clothing of the Jacobins is reproduced here along with lots of obscure trivia from the era.  A must for any French Revolution buff, it has curiously little on screen time for the title character, because this film was conceived as the first of an uncompleted trilogy.   Napoleon only gets to his first big battle at the end of the film.
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+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6300183548/thecostumersmani  Napoleon (1927)]
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+; [http://www.filmnouvellefrance.com/fra/salledepresse/acces/ '''Nouvelle-France ''' - Site officiel du film | Salle de presse]  I don't know anything other than that it it set in Canada when Quebec was absorbed by the Brits, and it has some well known actors in it.  Images on the site look nifty.
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-[[aquariangallery_valet86|[[Image:Valet86_small.jpg|100px|Valet86.jpg (53736 bytes)]]]]'''Valet - 14th. C.'''
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-[[aquariangallery_noblefrancaise78| [[Image:NobleFrancaise78_small.jpg|100px|NobleFrancaise78.jpg (56910 bytes)]]]]'''Noble Francaise - 14th. C.'''
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+''''' [[Image:orphansofthestorm.gif]] '''''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304192533/thecostumersmani '''Orphans of the Storm'''] ''' '''is a silent melodrama set during the French Revolution, starring the Gish sisters as two pretty teen orphans, one blind, one not, separated by rioting during the Terror.  Their trials of survival, and eventual reunion still form a gripping tale more than 80 years after the film was made, both due to the subtle acting of the sisters, and the unsubtle adventure provided by the nearly "Indiana Jones" speed script full of violence, romance, and terror.  Most costumes are actually pretty accurate, a surprising thing for a Hollywood film in this era.
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+[[Image:patriot-393.jpg]] [[Image:cimage2.jpg]]''' [http://www.thepatriot.com/ The Patriot] ''' -- Believe every review you read that was critical of the plot (yes it is "Gladiator" crossed with "Braveheart" in knickers), but like those films, it is still reasonably entertaining, and has wonderfully reproduced the material culture of the day.  Costume highlights include Tom Wilkinson as General Cornwallis having breakfast in his banyan, uniforms out the wazoo, and a meeting of the South Carolina Legislature.
-[[aquariangallery_ChevalierRhodesPl156| [[Image:ChevalierRhodesPl156_small.jpg|114px|ChevalierRhodesPl156_small.jpg (1855 bytes)]]]] Chevalier Rhodes '''
+* [http://www.electroephemera.com/cellwrap/patriotreview.html Celluloid Wrappers: The Patriot Film Review]
+* [http://www.thepatriot.com/html/artofthe/ The Patriot - illustrationsartofthe]
+[[Image:pirates1.jpeg]] [http://movieweb.com/movie/pirates/index.html '''Pirates of the Caribbean''': The Curse of the Black Pearl] is an amusing romp, with quite a few extremely plausible early 18th Century costumes running through it.  It's main delights however are in the wonderfully complicated yet quick moving action-adventure plot, and lots of excellent performances by ordinarily serious dramatic actors who were clearly enjoying the chance to make a not too serious Pirate movie.  Most notable is Johnny Depp, who plays a good guy pirate as if he's a bit like Keith Richards on a stoner bend.  Expect something deep and serious and you will be disappointed, expect good quality summer popcorn fare, and you will be highly amused.
+* [http://movieweb.com/movies/film.php?429 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - MovieWeb]
+* [http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/pirates/main_site/main.html Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl  Official Web Site]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfpmjCWKCno YouTube - Pirates of the Caribbean the ride]
+* [http://www.kipar.org/piratical-resources/potc-uniforms.html Navy Uniforms in Pirates of the Caribbean]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribbean-Davy-Jones-Replica/dp/B000FSBF38/thecostumersmani  [[Image:piratesofthedaveyjoneskey.jpg]] Pirates of the Caribbean Davy Jones Key Replica Toys &amp; Games]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribbean-Elizabeth-Necklace-Replica/dp/B000G7KPKC/thecostumersmani  [[Image:pirateselizswannecklace.jpg]] Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth Swann Necklace Replica Jewelry &amp; Watches]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribbean-Sparrow-Flintlock-Replica/dp/B000GQ0NDW/thecostumersmani  [[Image:piratesofthejacksparrowflintlock.jpg]] Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow Flintlock Replica Toys &amp; Games]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Caribbean-Jack-Sparrow-Replica/dp/B000FSEESG/thecostumersmani  [[Image:piratesofthejacksparrowring.jpg]] Pirates of the Caribbean Jack Sparrow Ring Replica Jewelry &amp; Watches]
+'''[[Image:plunketmccalain2.jpg]] ''[[Image:plunketmccalain1.jpg]] ''Plunket and McClaine''' has moments, in fact, quite a few.  About 1/2 of a good film, and 1/2 of an utter bore, scrambled together without regards consistency of style or pity for the audience.  Rent it and fast forward through any bits without either Robert Carlyle as an apothecary turned Highwayman, or Alan Cumming as an omnisexual fop with a heart of gold.
+'''[[Image:quills2.gif]] <u>Quills</u>''' A wonderful film loosely based on a stage play about the fictional relationship between a priest, a laundress, and the Marquis de Sade during the latter's incarceration in the mental asylum at Charenton. Most of the story takes place in the early 19th century, but several main characters are stuck in old clothes of the 1780s because it makes sense in the story that they would have old clothes.  Stars Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Michael Caine and Joaquin Phoenix.  This film and Marat/Sade now have a page of their own:  [[MWBH_100pages/quillsdesade|Tara's Quills &amp; Marat/Sade Page]].
+[[Image:quillsdesade1.jpg]] [[Image:quillsdesade2.jpg]]
+* [http://www.crosswinds.net/~discoverkate/Quills/news.html Quills by the Discover Kate Website]
+* [http://www.upcomingmovies.com/quills.html Upcomingmovies.com: Quills]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPffCNHMZJ4 YouTube - Quills - Special Features Costuming (Simone)]
+* [http://www.egroups.com/group/Quills eGroups : Quills]
+* [[Image:quillsdvd.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CXPV/thecostumersmani Quills]
+* See also '''Marat/Sade''' (above)
+<u>''' [[Image:arespecabletrade.gif]]  A Respectable Trade'''</u>, was recommended to me, but I haven't seen it so can't comment, other than to say it is a tragic romance, set against the backdrop of the slave trade in late 18th Century England.
+; ''''''<u>Revolution </u>''''''.......yawn.... one funny scene with a hairpin....uniforms.
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+''''''''<u> [[Image:ridi1t.jpg]] </u>'''''''' [[Image:ridicule3.jpg|140px|ridicule3.jpg (63428 bytes)]]''''''''<u> </u>'''''[http://www.movieweb.com/movie/ridicule/index.html Ridicule] ''': Has lots of historical glitches, plus lots of dead-on recreations mixed together, but the primary interest is the complex plot, and interesting characters. A genuinely entertaining film, with or without costumes, it is a must see with costumes added as garnish. Take special note of the iron gray masquerade wigs in the climactic scene--they were made of steel wool!
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304438184/thecostumersmani  Ridicule]
+[[Image:Rothwig.gif|84px|Rothwig.gif (14284 bytes)]] A film with little to recommend it but a supporting actor's performance in it is'' '' '''Rob Roy''' , an impressive piece of uneven writing, enlivened in spots by the uniformly excellent cast and the splendid fight choreography by William Hobbs.  This was the "other" Scottish hero film that came out the same time as ''<u>Braveheart</u>'', but did poorly because 80% of the writing has the  highlanders so lofty and noble they are utterly tedious. So are their costumes, which lack ''<u>Braveheart</u>'''s weirder edge.  All the real fun in the film, both costume wise, and script wise, is had by Tim Roth as the over dressed English villain, wondrously bewigged, and spewing all the script's funny lines.  Everyone I know loves this film, watches it over and over, but just fast forwards through all the parts without either Roth or sheep shagging jokes.
+[[Image:dagger.gif|134px|dagger.gif (51501 bytes)]] [[Image:evilmen.gif|149px|evilmen.gif (41629 bytes)]]
+* [http://www.mgmua.com/robroy/index.html ''ROB ROY'' HOME]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304286317/thecostumersmani  Rob Roy]
+* [http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/robroy/ Rob Roy on the Web]
+* [http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/1995/04/973751.html ROB ROY]
+<u>''''' [[Image:royalscandal.gif]] ''[http://www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/masterpiecetheatre/programs/scandal/index.html A Royal Scandal]'''</u> made for TV comedy on George IV's marital problems, starring Richard E. Grant.  Funny, with wonderfully repulsive versions of 1790's-1820's English dress.  Ian Richardson narrates.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WGAM/thecostumersmani  Royal Scandal]
+[http://www.ibiblio.org/samneill/pictures/sh/index.html '''Sally Hemings: An American Scandal'''] The unusual love story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.  Sally was a black slave who Jefferson acquired as part of his wife's dowry, who incidentally was her younger half sister.  Several years after his wife's death Jefferson started an affair with Sally, and continued to live with her through his terms as President and till his death, producing several kids.
+* [http://www.ibiblio.org/samneill/pictures/sh/index.html Sam Neill Images -- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal]
+'''<u>[[Image:stcyr.jpg]] Saint-Cyr</u> ''' or''' <u>The King's Daughters'' ''</u>'''appears to be a comedy/drama set around 1700 about the relationships between Louis XIV, his daughters, (schooled in the convent of Saint-Cyr,) and Mme.de Maintenon, their official governess, who eventually was married in secret to the elderly King. I don't know if there is as yet any version of this film subtitled or dubbed into English.
+* [http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A8SP/402-7305539-5992914 Amazon.fr - DVD, Saint-Cyr]
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A8TW/thecostumersmani ''' [[Image:scarletempress.jpg]]''']''' [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302888239/thecostumersmani The ]'''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302888239/thecostumersmani '''Scarlet Empress''']''' '''is a complete fantasy riff by Joseph von Sternberg on the theme of Catherine II (aka "The Great") and her rise to power.  With Marlene Dietrich in the lead, surreal settings, and lavishly weird costumes, this film has no relationship with historical reality either in costumes or plot, but it is fun filmmaking.
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+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671036572/thecostumersmani ''[[Image:artofsleepyhollow.jpg]] The Art of Sleepy Hollow'']
+[[Image:sleepyhollow.jpg]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CX5A/thecostumersmani DVD: ][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CX59/thecostumersmani Sleepy Hollow][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004RERO/thecostumersmani [[Image:slipperandtherose.jpg]] The Slipper and the Rose]
+[[Image:tomjones.gif|90px|tomjones.gif (7515 bytes)]] [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792845978/thecostumersmani Tom Jones (1963)]
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+''''' [[Image:leslie.jpg|117px|leslie.jpg (17385 bytes)]] '''''The late 1930's film of''' The Scarlet Pimpernel ''' concentrates it's costuming efforts on Leslie Howard and Raymond Massey, it's male stars.  Both are attired in the extremes of French fashion of the period.  Merle Oberon, the heroine, has hit and miss period dress, as was the custom at the time. The script has all the awkward incompleteness of the original novel, but is nonetheless enjoyable due to the wonderful acting of the three leads.
+[[Image:lhchauv.JPG|158px|lhchauv.JPG (5745 bytes)]]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304980302/thecostumersmani  The Scarlet Pimpernel 1935]
+[[Image:sp2.jpg|150px|sp2.jpg (82280 bytes)]] The 1980's Cult favorite made-for-T.V. movie, '''The Scarlet Pimpernel ''' [http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Palais/1797/spimages1.html  ], makes use of the formal/informal conflict in mens clothing of the 18th Century to underscore the conflict between the two main male characters, and aristocrat and a revolutionary. The aristocrat uses his sartorial splendor in clothing to compete with the revolutionary, and the revolutionary uses his radical dress to insult the aristocracy he is fighting.  Contains a memorable piece of fight choreography that has the hero peel and cut off his antagonist's objectionable clothing during the course of the duel.  (See this site: [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2008/11/fashion-duel.html The Period Movie Review: Pimpernell: The Fashion Duel]) A costume flick not to be missed, it is the most popular version of the story made, with great writing, acting and design throughout.
+[[Image:chauvelin.jpg]]
+* [http://chauvelins_place.tripod.com/index.htm Chauvelin's Place]
+* [http://www.ianmckellen.org/scarlet.html scarlet] clip
+* Pimpernel Screensavers at [http://www.geocities.com/lynnsthemes/ Lynn's Costume Movie Desktop Themes]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0784001847/thecostumersmani  The Scarlet Pimpernel 1982]
+* [http://www.thepimpernel.com/cgi/study_guide.cgi?page=tech An Interview with Jane Greenwood - Costume Designer] (Stage musical based on this version)
+** [http://www.thepimpernel.com/cgi/interview.cgi?spot=Jane_Greenwood SP: Interview with Jane Greenwood]
+[[Image:pimp.jpg|73px|pimp.jpg (10523 bytes)]] ''' The Scarlet Pimpernel '''This is the new A&amp;E version of <u>The Scarlet Pimpernel</u> starring Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy Blakeney. The designer clearly has fun through it's 3 two-hour episodes with recreating French Revolutionary dress.  The focus of the episodes is on events in France, more than London, and we are treated to numerous scenes with Robespierre not only dressed as he was actually described, but behaving that way too.  Dramatically weaker than the 1980's film, it still has worthwhile moments.
+[[Image:scarletboys.jpg|192px|sp06.jpg (24273 bytes)]]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000031VPF/thecostumersmani  The Scarlet Pimpernel Box Set]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767026128/thecostumersmani  The Scarlet Pimpernel Boxed Set]
+[[Image:ichabodglasses.jpg|141px|ichabodglasses.jpg (22951 bytes)]]'''  '''[http://members.tripod.com/VanTassell/ Tim Burton's''' Sleepy Hollow''' ] while ostensibly being set in 1799, is a richly imagined view of a gothic c. 1780 America.  The plot, far from being a horror film (despite lots of lopped off heads and a headless undead antagonist) is pure gothic romance, with comic Tim Burton touches.  Among other things the traditional gothic female role is filled by the pale and fainting hero (Johnny Depp).  The DVD is filled with hours of fun extras and information.
+''''' [[Image:m-richardson.jpg|88px|m-richardson.jpg (26353 bytes)]]   '''''
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CX5A/thecostumersmani  Sleepy Hollow]
+[[Image:cinder4.gif|102px|cinder4.gif (82031 bytes)]] [http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/canterbury/295/cinderella.html '''The Slipper &amp; The Rose''' ]is an anomaly, a film musical where you want to watch the spoken scenes and fast forward through all the songs. The costumes are good, the actors good, it is just all the tedious songs that needed editing out.
+[[Image:tomjones.gif|90px|tomjones.gif (7515 bytes)]] '''[http://www.ravecentral.com/tomjones.html Tom Jones ]''' , the opposite of<u> Barry Lyndon</u>, Tom Jones is so fun and funny as a film that one tends to ignore the costuming, which is otherwise a fine sort of mid 18th Century Hogarthian revel.  Remarkably true to costume period for a film made in 1963, the film also justly won 4 Oscars including Best Picture, plus the best picture awards that year of BAFTA, Golden Globe, NBR-USA, and NYFCCA.  Funny, fast paced and sexy it is a must see.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304698720/thecostumersmani  Tom Jones]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792845978/thecostumersmani  Tom Jones (1963)]
+'''<u> [[Image:henryfieldingstomjones.gif]] Tom Jones</u>''' aka '''<u>Henry Fielding's Tom Jones </u>'''A&amp;E Version of the story above.  Longer, more soap-opera sentimental, but with lavish production values, and an excellent cast.
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767005880/thecostumersmani Henry Fielding's Tom Jones]
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+[[Image:valmont.jpg]] </u>''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WIBD/thecostumersmani Valmont]
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-[[aquariangallery_ItalienesPl36| [[Image:ItalienesPl36_small.jpg|116px|ItalienesPl36_small.jpg (2404 bytes)]]]]'''Italiennes 14th C.'''
+[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6301670108/thecostumersmani  ''' Treasure Island'''] Many Versions of this classic Pirate Adventure exist on Video
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-[[aquariangallery_JevneFrancaise14th| [[Image:JevneFrancaise14th_small.jpg|97px|JevneFrancaise14th_small.jpg (1503 bytes)]]]]'''Jevne Francaise'''
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+; [[Image:triumphoflove.jpg]] [http://www.paramountclassics.com/triumphoflove/ '''Triumph of Love'''] this film, like <u>The Clandestine Marriage</u> (above), is closely based on a mid-18th Century stage play, and like <u>Marriage</u>, it also is a bit of an awkward fit as a film, but it still has a good deal of charm in the comedy-romance dept. and costume areas.  Students of theatre history can also enjoy viewing the contrasts the two films represent in showing the English (<u>Clandestine Marriage</u>) and French (<u>Triumph of Love</u>) methods of representing situational romantic comedy in the same era.
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+''' [[Image:tub.jpg|129px|tub.jpg (37981 bytes)]] <u>Valmont</u>''' has the same basic characters and story as<u> Dangerous Liaisons</u>, but is less interesting both as a film and for it's costumes. It is however, interesting how the two designers managed to suggest different worlds:<u> </u>Liaisons is stiff, formal and removed from natural behavior,<u> Valmont</u> has the same sort of soft, sensuous romantic look as Branagh's <u>Much Ado About Nothing</u> (another film put into 18th Century Dress). Not surprisingly,<u> Valmont</u> was able (as<u> Liaisons</u> was not) to sell a line of high fashion clothing tie-ins that mimicked the softened psudo-18th Century look of the film's costumes.
-[[aquariangallery_SenateurDeRome14th| [[Image:SenateurDeRome14th_small.jpg|98px|SenateurDeRome14th_small.jpg (1492 bytes)]]]]'''Senateur de Rome 14th Century'''
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-[http://www.costumecity.com/cgi-bin/clink?yhst-1296191925331+ytcZLY+index.html+  [[Image:medieval.gif]] Halloween and Party costumes at CostumeCity]
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-; [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486413292/thecostumersmani  [[Image:gothiccostumespaper.jpg]] Gothic Costumes Paper Dolls]
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+* [http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=liai;list The Dangerous Liaisons Webring]
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+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004WIBD/thecostumersmani  Valmont]
-[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486401448/thecostumersmani  [[Image:medievalfash.gif]] Medieval Fashions Coloring Book]
+* [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/1280/valmont.html Colin Firth in Valmont]
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+* [[SHOWS_100pages/Liasions1|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]] costumes at UAF[[Image:scissdotclear.gif]]
-[http://www.birthdayexpress.com/bexpress/affredir.asp?sid=654594&aid=200924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebirthdayexpress%2Ecom%2Fbexpress%2Fproduct%2Easp%3Fsku%3DH22826 [[Image:120x120woodlandfairy.jpg]] Woodland Fairy]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000069I02/thecostumersmani  [[Image:valmont.jpg]] Valmont]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngJyKeBVJK0 YouTube - Near you always - Valmont]
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+[[Image:youngkatherine.jpg|77px|youngkatherine.jpg (11446 bytes)]] '''<u>Young Catherine</u>''', a made for TV film now out on video, is one of those over-the-top Barbara Cartland type romantic melodramas that rewrite history.  It's costuming is more sloppy than the film Moll Flanders (which says a lot), but includes some fun bits and pieces, particularly accurate 18th Century Russian and Prussian uniforms.  The plot is absurd, and the dialogue high camp, but the wonderful cast sell nearly every line of it.  As in <u>Rob Roy</u>, the bad guy (in this case Peter III), gets most of the fun, but in this film the leads get to do scenery chewing and naughty stuff as well.
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+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6302025079/thecostumersmani  Young Catherine]
-[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486429857/thecostumersmani  [[Image:medievalcostumeandhowto.jpeg]] ]''' [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0887346537/thecostumersmani  [[Image:periodcostforstageandscreen1.gif]] ]'''[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/085115767X/thecostumersmani ''' [[Image:fashinageofblackprince.jpg]]'''][http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486404862/thecostumersmani [[Image:medievalcostumeandfashion.jpg]]]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsflnc3Lf-o YouTube - Scenes from Young Catherine]
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+* Back to Home Page [[MWBH_100pages/MWBH|Men With Big Hair: The Costume Movie Site]][[Image:scissdotclear.gif]]
+* [http://costumers.homestead.com/Georgian.html Georgian]
+* [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2006/08/rococo-18th-century_31.html The Period Movie Review: Rococo -18th Century]
+* [http://www.erols.com/candidus/movies.htm The Colonial Movie Critic]
+* [http://demode.tweedlebop.com/cinema_18.html demode 18th century costume film reviews]
+* [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/ The Period Movie Review]
+** [http://periodmovies.blogspot.com/2006/08/rococo-18th-century_31.html The Period Movie Review Rococo -18th Century]
+* [http://demode.tweedlebop.com/cinema_18.html demode 18th century costume film reviews]
+* [http://www.liming.org/revlist/movies.html 18th Century Movies]
+* [http://www.1675-1725.historicum.net/ Zeitportal 1675-1725 : Index]
+* [http://personal1.stthomas.edu/cdeliason/ahgttm4barroc.htm AHGttM: Baroque and Rococo]
+* [[The_Costumer's_Manifesto:_18th_Century_Costume_Resources_Online_|18th Century Costume Links]]
+* [http://legends.dm.net/swash/ Legends - Swashbucklers and Fops]
+* [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbookmovies.html Modern History in the Movies]
+* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005N7NT/thecostumersmani  [[Image:premiere.jpg]] Premiere [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]]
+* [http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/heat/218/18cflicks.html Celluloid Wrappers: 18th Century Flicks]
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