{"id":43900,"date":"2019-06-19T16:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T23:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43900"},"modified":"2021-01-13T22:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T05:53:02","slug":"mother-wore-tights-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43900","title":{"rendered":"Mother Wore Tights (1947)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;No kid of mine is going to be born in front of a backdrop!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Poster.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA vaudevillian (Dan Dailey) and his wife (Betty Grable) perform together on stage until Grable becomes a mother. When she eventually decides to return to her performing career, her oldest daughter (Mona Freeman) is mortified by how their family will be perceived by her boarding school classmates.\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>Betty Grable Films<\/li>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Dan Dailey Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Vaudeville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis innocuous turn-of-the-century musical was 20th Century Fox&#8217;s most successful movie of the year, and Grable&#8217;s highest grossing film to that point. Unfortunately, the storyline is slim to none, hinging almost exclusively on class tensions and conventions (mother once wore <em>tights<\/em>! on <em>stage<\/em>!) that don&#8217;t feel relevant today. For post-WWII Americans seeking escapism and portrayals of family cohesion, this film &#8212; featuring vivid Technicolor cinematography, enjoyable dance numbers, and a pleasing couple (Grable and Dailey) &#8212; probably fit the bill quite nicely; but it hasn&#8217;t held up particularly well for modern audiences. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some colorful, nicely danced musical numbers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Musical-Number.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Musical-Number.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Musical-Number.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Musical-Number-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Mother-Wore-Tights-Musical-Number-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Grable fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039634\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/84028\/mother-wore-tights#articles-reviews?articleId=359278\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1947\/08\/21\/archives\/mother-wore-tights-in-which-betty-grable-and-dan-dailey-are-seen-as.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;No kid of mine is going to be born in front of a backdrop!&#8221; Synopsis: A vaudevillian (Dan Dailey) and his wife (Betty Grable) perform together on stage until Grable becomes a mother. When she eventually decides to return to her performing career, her oldest daughter (Mona Freeman) is mortified by how their family will be perceived by her boarding school classmates. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Betty Grable Films Class Relations Dan Dailey Films Historical Drama Musicals Vaudeville Review:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43900\"> 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-43900","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\/43900","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=43900"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63224,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43900\/revisions\/63224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}