Petticoats and Crinolines in Films
Please
take notice: These films mostly contain lovely visions of bouffant skirts,
particularly of the 50's style, and MIGHT show peeks of petticoats. Very few
show full petti-views (these will be noted).
We are also now adding films which
feature classic crinolines and petticoat as well. You might also review the
corsetfilm list located
here.
Many of the corset-era productions show gowns and petticoats as well!
Any rating comments obviously refer to the quality of the film vis-à-vis frou-frou
If you think something is missing--tell us!
TVM = TV Movie, TVP = TV Special TVS = TV series
Note: All clips available here are for review purposes only, presented in order to entice the viewer to purchase the film in its entirety. All copyrights are respected.
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| 1956 | PAGDATING NG TAKIP-SILIM - Filipino Video | GLORIA ROMERO | |
| 1957 | THE PAJAMA GAME (Watch out for the outdoor dance scene) | DORIS DAY | |
| 1957 | PAL JOEY (Notably, Ms. Novak does a striptease scene that is unfortunately halted by Frank Sinatra's character. However, the whole sequence is a treasure as Kim's costume involves a large layered hoop skirt as part of the dress.) Still Clips | KIM NOVAK | |
| 1963 | PALM SPRINGS WEEKEND (Minimal bouffant dresses, mostly on Connie--probably the last of the "Fifties era" style in movies, although with a shorter hemline) | CONNIE STEVENS | |
| 2006 | PAN'S LABYRINTH (Spanish) a/k/a "EL Laberinto del faun"-- Little girl's pretty black dress shows plenty of white petticoat. | IVANA BAQUERO | |
| 1963 | PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (Little girl poufies) | LINDA BRUHL | |
| 1989 |
|
MARY BETH HURT | |
| 1961 | THE PARENT TRAP Still Clips (Miss Mills and others show off their prettiest and FULLEST dresses during the camp dance scene. Another scene has her coming down off of an airplane in a sweet number, and when she arrives home, she walks about the house in the same sweet, full dress! Review by Shelley | HAYLEY MILLS | |
| 1953 | PARIS MODEL (Some 50s bouffant gowns) | PAULETTE GODDARD | |
| 1964 | PARIS-WHEN IT SIZZLES (Our finest lady donning a wonderful hoopskirt) | AUDREY HEPBURN | |
| 1961 | PARRISH (Bouffant dresses and skirts galore!) | CONNIE STEVENS | |
| 1947 |
PASSI0NNELLE --French a/k/a 'Pour une nuit d'amour' Stillclip |
ODETTE JOYEAUX | |
| 1956 |
|
BEATRICE STRAIGHT | |
| 1988 | PEE-WEE'S TV CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
-- Pee Wee Herman's
female guests included Annette Funnicello who was wearing the most
scrumptious froufrou dress! Also, Miss Yvonne wears a beaut! Still Clips |
ANNETTE FUNNICELLO | |
| 1977 | PETE'S DRAGON - There are a few notable scenes in this movie, namely with Miss Reddy's tavern dance scene on top of the bar counter. There's also a small bit where the dragon snags the petticoat of a rude schoolteacher onto a nail, causing it to rip off in front of the townspeople. Stillclips | HELEN REDDY | |
| 1986 | PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED (Full view dressing in the very beginning! Another scene shows LOTS of crinolines when the girls are seated on their boyfriend’s laps at a songfest. Then, of course, there is the night scene! And the famous dress!) (Wow, fifties petticoats don’t get better than THIS!) | KATHLEEN TURNER &
CATHERINE HICKS |
|
| 1981 | PENNIES FROM HEAVEN -- A dancing scene with plenty of little girl pettis. VidClip | BERNADETTE PETERS | |
| 1958 | THE PERFECT FURLOUGH -- Minimal fifties bouffant | LINDA CRISTAL | |
| 1991 | PERFECT HARMONY TVM | MARY SANTACROCE | |
| 2007 |
|
HALLE BERRY | |
| 1964 | SE PERMETTETE PARLIAMO DI DONNE Italian Still Clips -- Dance pettis | MARIA FIORE | |
| 1958 | PETER VOSS, DER MILLIONENDIEB German | INGRID ANDREE | |
| 1996 | PETTICOAT PLANET | BETSY LYNN GEORGE | |
| 1950 | THE PETTY GIRL | DOROTHY ABBOTT | |
| 2004 |
|
EMMY ROSSUM &
MINNIE DRIVER |
|
| 1955 | THE PHANTOM FROM 10,000 LEAGUES -- Light fifties full skirts | CATHY DOWNS | |
| 1955 | THE PHENIX CITY STORY -- Good petti-glimpses toward the end | KATHRYN GRANT | |
| 1954 |
|
JUDY HOLLIDAY
& KIM NOVAK |
|
| 1993 | THE PIANO -- (Historical hoop fans--take note!) StillClip | HOLLY HUNTER | |
| 1955 | PICNIC -- (Full view! Ms. Novak hugs her petticoat at the picnic shower scene! A nice, pink net number!) | KIM NOVAK | |
| 1955 | PILLOW TALK -- (Although Miss Day almost generally never wears petticoats (and this film is no exception), there are a few instances of bouffant in this picture) | DORIS DAY | |
| 1948 |
|
JUDY GARLAND | |
| 1982 | THE PIRATE MOVIE -- (Victorian Petticoats, especially toward the end) | KRISTY McNICHOL | |
| 1961 | THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM -- (Sixteenth Century Spanish costumes with petticoat froufrou display. Worth seeing) | BARBARA STEELE | |
| 1951 | A PLACE IN THE SUN -- (Miss Taylor wears a wonderful bouffant gown) | ELIZABETH TAYLOR | |
| 1952 | LE PLAISIR -- French -- "House of Pleasure" (Lots of dancing 19c pettis) | DANIELLE DARRIEUX | |
| 1956 |
LOS PLATILLOS VOLADORES (Mexican) Promotional photo |
EVANGELINA ELIZONDO | |
| 1962 | PLAY IT COOL (Ms. Shapiro - guest singer -in organdy and satin or taffeta dress, night club scene.) | HELEN SHAPIRO | |
| 1998 | PLEASANTVILLE (Fifties bouffant --not enough exposure of pettis, though) | JOAN ALLEN | |
| 1960 |
|
DORIS DAY | |
| 1957 | PLEASE MR. BALZAC
--French ("En Effeuillant la
Marguerite")
--
(Bardot crinies!) A/K/A ""Mam'selle Striptease" and "While Plucking the Daisy" |
BRIGITTE BARDOT | |
| 1961 | THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (Fifties bouffant, some visible petti) | DEBBIE REYNOLDS | |
| 2002 | PLOTS WITH A VIEW (a/k/a "Undertaking Betty") - Stillclip Download film | HANNAH HIGGINS | |
| 1960 |
POETEN OG LILLEMOR OG LOTTE -- Danish (Beautiful heavily-petticoated spanking scene - here looped) |
HELLE VIRKNER | |
| 1998 | POLISH WEDDING (Peeks of pettis on a wedding gown) | LENA OLIN | |
| 1989 | POLLY
-TVM
(LOTS of
petticoats throughout, including exuberant dance scenes. I drooled all the
way through this one.)
Review by Bee Another wonderful scene is where she is carried for a distance wearing the fullest pink dress with white petticoats! The braces on her cute legs are somehow alluring we think. |
KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM | |
| 1960 | POLLYANNA | HAYLEY MILLS | |
| 1936 | POPPY Lobby card | ROCHELLE HUDSON | |
| 2002 | POSSESSION (Mid-19th century hoops and petticoats, including children's) | JENNIFER EHLE | |
| 1958 |
|
FRANÇOISE CHISTOPHE | |
| 1947 |
POUR UNE NUIT D'AMOUR -- French a/k/a 'Passionnelle' Stillclip |
ODETTE JOYEAUX | |
| 1956 | THE POWER AND THE PRIZE -- (Full view of bridal underpinnings, including long petticoat, in beginning) | NIKI DANTINE | |
| 1943 |
|
JUDY GARLAND | |
| 1986 | PRETTY IN PINK (In a short scene, Annie wears a short, moderately full party dress and displays her plain tulle crinolines whilst sitting down) | ANNIE POTTS | |
| 2010- 2017 |
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS -- TVS Grabs from the episode "How the A Stole Christmas": #1 #2 | LUCY HALE | |
| 1968 | PRETTY POISON | TUESDAY WELD | |
| 1940 |
|
GREER GARSON, MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN & ANN RUTHERFORD |
|
| 1957 |
|
SOPHIA LOREN | |
| 2000 |
|
MARISOL NICHOLS | |
| 2009 | PRINCESS PROTECTION PROGRAM -TVM (Hoopskirts and bouffant frocks) Media |
SELENA GOMEZ & DEMI LOVATO |
|
| 2009 |
|
ROBIN WRIGHT | |
| 1975 | PRIVATE VICES, PUBLIC PLEASURES (Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù) Italian (Lots of Austro-Hungarian pettis, according to Micael) Click here for still-clip. | PAMELA VILLORESI | |
| 2005 |
|
JULIANNE MOORE | |
| 2005 | THE PRODUCERS (Plenty of pettis on stage, and some great fifties long crinolined gowns) | ULMA THURMAN | |
| 2007 | P.S. I LOVE YOU (Ms. Swank wears a crinolined dress, and shows it.) | HILARY SWANK | |
| 2000 |
|
LAUREN AMBROSE | |
| 1954 |
|
KIM NOVAK & DOROTHY MALONE |
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