{"id":30860,"date":"2013-04-15T12:23:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30860"},"modified":"2020-12-13T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T18:35:56","slug":"silk-stockings-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30860","title":{"rendered":"Silk Stockings (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t do anything to the commissars &#8212; Paris did!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen three bumbling Soviet commissars (Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and Joseph Buloff) fail to convince a composer (Wim Sonneveld) to return from Paris to Russia, a hard-nosed female agent (Cyd Charisse) is sent to investigate the situation &#8212; but she soon finds herself falling for the suave producer (Fred Astaire) of the musical production Sonneveld is involved with.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Cultural Romance<\/li>\n<li>Cyd Charisse Films<\/li>\n<li>Fred Astaire Films<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lorre Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Rouben Mamoulian Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis musical version of Ernst Lubitsch&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25369\"><em>Ninotchka<\/em> (1939)<\/a>, based on a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silk_Stockings\">1955 Broadway production<\/a> with music by Cole Porter, is an unfortunate misfire on most accounts. While Lubitsch&#8217;s comedy effectively incorporated an unconventional romance into a boldly satirical skewering of early Communist Russia, this unfunny Cold War-era remake simply feels stale. It&#8217;s embarrassing enough to see Lorre reduced to playing such a silly part:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-768x372.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-1536x743.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2-558x270.png 558w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Lorre2.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but poor Charisse fares even worse; her wooden performance can&#8217;t help evoking consistently unkind comparisons to Garbo. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-1024x494.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-1536x740.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2-560x270.png 560w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse2.png 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, there&#8217;s plenty of Charisse&#8217;s incomparable dancing to enjoy: her &#8220;Silk Stockings&#8221; solo is a highlight:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-1024x502.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-128x63.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-1536x753.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3-551x270.png 551w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse3.png 1817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; as are her performances with Astaire (&#8220;Fated to Be Mated&#8221;) and the rest of the cast (&#8220;Red Blues&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2-559x270.png 559w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Dance2.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-128x62.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-1536x740.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues-560x270.png 560w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stocking-Red-Blues.png 1853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also adding to the film&#8217;s enjoyment is a spirited performance by Janis Paige as &#8220;Peggy Dayton&#8221;, whose character &#8212; &#8220;America&#8217;s swimming sweetheart&#8221; &#8212; was obviously modeled after Esther Williams; her &#8220;Stereophonic Sound&#8221; duet with Astaire is especially fun and lively. However, while those enamored with Charisse&#8217;s uniquely fluid cinematic dancing style will clearly want to check this one out, others needn&#8217;t bother. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cyd Charisse&#8217;s lovely dancing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-1024x490.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-1536x735.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5-564x270.png 564w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Charisse5.png 1857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Janis Paige as Peggy Dayton<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-1024x485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-1536x727.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1-570x270.png 570w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Paige-1.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Astaire and Paige performing &#8220;Stereophonic Sound&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-1024x487.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-128x61.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-1536x731.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1-568x270.png 568w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Silk-Stockings-Stereophonic-1.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for musical fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050972\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1957\/07\/19\/archives\/the-screen-silk-stockings-arrives-fred-astaire-and-cyd-charisse.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s793silk.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=4649\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1055\/silk-stockings#articles-reviews?articleId=24025\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/silk-stockings\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t do anything to the commissars &#8212; Paris did!&#8221; Synopsis: When three bumbling Soviet commissars (Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, and Joseph Buloff) fail to convince a composer (Wim Sonneveld) to return from Paris to Russia, a hard-nosed female agent (Cyd Charisse) is sent to investigate the situation &#8212; but she soon finds herself falling for the suave producer (Fred Astaire) of the musical production Sonneveld is involved with. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Character Arc Cross-Cultural Romance Cyd Charisse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30860\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30860"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57557,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30860\/revisions\/57557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}