Review of Silk Stockings (1957) by Michaela B — 03 Dec 2007

This was one of my mom's favorite movies and I must have watched it a million times growing up. In many ways it typifies the American perspective in the fifties with regards to women's roles and communism.

Had it been deliberate this movie could be seen as a powerful satire, rather its just a reflection of society at the time... and that is its strong point. Watching this movie paired with Garbo's 1939 "Ninotchka", which inspired this remake, is particularly interesting.

What a great difference a war makes... the post-depression realism contrasts drastically with the 1950's lifestyle excess...