Doris was 40 when she filmed this and looked at least in her 30's. I know times were different then, but it's hard to watch now...her character being so naive and virginal. As nice looking as she was, I find it hard to believe that she never had to defend her honor. But she seems positively child-like.
shareI thought Doris really looked her age in this film and she photographed in such obvious soft focus that it made her look worse. Her haisyles were also quite horrible - even for the 1960's - half the time she looked as if she had never had it combed prior to shooting a scene!.
shareEveryone was too old for their parts in this, but then that was par for the course at the time. It is strange seeing women of her age talking to their roommates about sex like a couple of adolescents, but I think seeing adults act that way in the movies probably contributed to the general perception of even grown-up women as virginal models of purity that sex despoils.
"I'll book you. I'll book you on something. I'll find something in the book to book you on."
It was rare, but it happened. Julia Child was a virgin until she married at almost forty. (We know that because she mentioned it in a letter to her sister.) That would've been just around this time. Remember, the pill was not legal until a year after TToM came out, and most obstetricians would only give IUDs and diaphragms to married women. Sounds insane: as long as he gets paid, why does he care? Bloody gatekeepers.
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by mdmzara » Mon Nov 22 2010 12:58:54 Flag ▼ | Reply |
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Doris was 40 when she filmed this and looked at least in her 30's. I know times were different then, but it's hard to watch now...her character being so naive and virginal. As nice looking as she was, I find it hard to believe that she never had to defend her honor. But she seems positively child-like.
Being virginal is part of charm of Doris Day movies. Her episode in the 'Legends' series is called 'Virgin Territory' (2002).
shareI leave common sense behind when I watch movies. ☺️ Especially older movies. I have lots of thoughts but of the 2 comments I left since I signed up, I was viscously attacked by another poster. I can't handle such venom from someone I don't know when I posted an innocent comment.
shareWell, my mother is a perfect example of the fact that those women DID exist. She once slapped a man because he stuck his tongue in her mouth. My mother screamed Doris Day and her naivete. Trust me.
My father was the total opposite and anyone who knows them now gets a kick that they ever got together in the first place. They (rightly) divorced when I was a kid. My father had so many wives I can scarcely remember them all and let's not talk about girlfriends. He finally told me that he married my mother because of her Doris Day attitude in the 60s. She was a "conquest". Too bad because he really hurt her in the end. Good thing that she finally found happiness after their divorce, but I think she always loved him.
Anyway, the point is that my mother is proof positive that there were women out there that were like that. You just don't often see them in New York or a big city. They lived in the suburbs of small towns.
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