Actress Danielle Darrieux looks rather masculine in this Mon Film cover photo.
(Women resembling trans-sisters help us real trans-sisters to blend in society. They obfuscate the line between males and females, which makes it easier for real trans-sisters to pass.)
Early this morning, I flipped past Turner Classic Movies to see someone trying to pull on a girdle while lying on an upper berth on a train. I thought she looked odd and she did. The movie was All American Coed, and I wish I'd seen it from the start. I taped the rest but won't have a chance to watch it for a couple of days....
ReplyDeleteAll American Coed (1941)
ReplyDeleteCast: Frances Langford, Johnny Downs, Noah Beery, Jr.
Rating: NR
This 48-minute Hal Roach "streamliner" represents a rare directorial assignment for veteran Hollywood choreographer LeRoy Prinz, who also produced the film. Johnny Downs stars as Bob Sheppard of Quinceton University, who is appointed by his frat brothers to get even with the snotty sorority gals at all-female Marr Brynn U. This requires Bob to dress up in drag as a "blonde bombshell" and to enter Marr Brynn's annual beauty contest. When he's not flouncing around in curls and crinolines, Bob spends his time romancing pert co-ed Virginia (Frances Langford). The supporting cast ranges from silent-comedy veteran Harry Langdon to leggy newcomer Marie Windsor. The film's four musical numbers (representing approximately 25 percent of the running time!) include the Oscar-nominated "Out of the Silence". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide