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Are the costumes from wrong decade?

posted 11 years ago by Chinoiserie
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The movie takes place in 1941 but the costumes in my opinion look like from the 50s when this movie was made. I think this is obvious but nobody has mentioned this anywhere I could see so am I wrong?

[–] cwente2 11 years ago

Curious. What makes you say the film is set in 1941?

[–] OswaldshotKennedy 11 years ago

Did you make it up about the story being set in 1941?

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[–] bradford-1 10 years ago

I just watched the movie this past weekend. At no point is any year mentioned. When Cornell Wilde first appears, he tells Heston, "In the war, I drove a tank..." I assumed he meant World War Two. So the audience should figure the events occur in the "present."
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[–] nycruise-1 8 years ago

No - not 1941.

During one of the pageant parades, Hopalong Cassidy appears.

The Ringmaster announces just prior that there's a special guest that the kids will love - which refers to Hopalong's popular appeal due to his television presence. NOT 1941.

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[–] James_Byrne 8 years ago

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH is most certainly set in the year it was filmed - 1951.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSPcAyCgwE