Creating a 40s Hairstyle

Creating a 40s Hairstyle

I have always loved Jane Wyman's short do that she wears in most of her movies. So I went about the internet searching how I could re-create that style to make it my own. I'm not sure if my hair is long enough yet to do the pin curls, but I'm hoping.

This is how I envision the back to look.

Here are a few tips that I found on creating pin curls:

Of all the 1940’s hairstyles, this is probably one of the most stylish.  Begin by washing hair the night before and letting it air dry until it is damp. To set your hair in pin curls, comb damp hair and part into small sections. You’re going to pin each curl with a standard bobby pin, so sections must be small. Wind each curl around your finger smoothly. Pin each curl in place with a bobby pin. I have also read that you are to make one curl clockwise and the next counterclockwise.

Gently tie a silk scarf around your hair before going to bed. Sleeping on pin curls will take some getting used to, but the results are worth it. In the morning, remove pins and gently finger comb your hair. If you use a hairbrush, don’t overdo it, or you’ll brush the curl out.  Letting pin curls fall loose from a side part was one of the sexiest 1940’s hairstyles. 

As soon as my hair grows out just a little more I'll post photos of how this style looks on me :)

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Here Comes The Groom (1951)

Here Comes The Groom (1951)

Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey (Bing Crosby) wants to adopt two war orphans, but there's a catch: He must marry within a week. Garvey returns from Europe to Boston, where he discovers that his longtime girlfriend, Emmadel (Jane Wyman), has become engaged to someone else. Pete must win her back -- fast -- or he'll lose the kids. Directed by Frank Capra, this charming musical comedy was nominated for a Best Writing Oscar and won for Best Song.

Cast:

Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, Franchot Tone, James Barton, Robert Keith, Jacques Gencel, H.B. Warner, Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Lamour, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer

 

Director:

Frank Capra

 

Genres:

Classic Movies, Comedies, Musicals, Romantic Movies, Classic Comedies, Romantic Comedies, Classic Musicals, Classic Romantic Movies

 

Suzianne's Rating:

 I think this is one of the best Bing Crosby's movies. And of COURSE I LOVE Jane Wyman!!!

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Lucy Gallent (1955)

Lucy Gallent (1955)

In Texas, in 1941, a rainstorm washes out a train trestle, stranding passenger Lucy Gallant at the New City depot. Lucy is befriended by the manly Casey Cole, one the few ranchers left in the oil-mad boom town, who drives her in his truck to the local hotel. Lucy, who is on her way to Mexico from New York, is polite but reserved with Casey, despite his obvious interest in her. When she learns that the hotel is booked up with noisy, drunken men, Lucy tries to rest in the lobby, but is pestered by the newly rich Harry Wilson. Casey comes to Lucy's rescue and takes her and her many suitcases to Molly Basserman's boardinghouse. There, Casey insists that Lucy stay in the room he sleeps in when in town, and Molly immediately deduces that Casey is attracted to the sophisticated Easterner. The next morning, Molly introduces Lucy to her neighbors, who are awed by Lucy's Parisian clothes and accessories. While strolling through New City, Lucy becomes the object of much attention, as the local women marvel at her stylish attire. Seeing an empty, makeshift storefront operated by a black man named Summertime, Lucy gets an idea and, before long, is selling the contents of her luggage to the fashion-hungry women of New City. By the end of the day, Lucy has made $4,800 and tells Casey that she has decided to remain in New City and open a clothing shop. Although pleased that Lucy is staying, Casey expresses doubt about her ability to secure a loan from banker Charlie Madden and run a business. Ignoring Casey's skepticism, Lucy, who has admitted that she sold off her trousseau, persuades Charlie to lend her the money, then announces that she is going to install her shop at the The Red Derrick, a brothel. Lucy quickly negotiates a deal with The Red Derrick's owner, Lady "Mac" MacBeth, and the conversion begins. Soon after, Lucy is preparing for the opening of Gallant's, Inc. dress shop when Casey stops by to invite her to lunch at his ranch. Though at first hesitant, Lucy enjoys her afternoon with Casey, who explains that he is waiting to sell his land to the oil companies until the neighboring land has been determined to be oil-rich. With Summertime's help, Gallant's proves a success, and Lucy repays Charlie. Later, Lucy visits Casey at the ranch to ask him to a party that Molly and her husband Gus, who have recently struck oil, are giving and proudly tells him about her financial success. Commenting that they were destined to be together, Casey asks Lucy to marry him, but intimates that he wants her to give up her store. In response, Lucy reveals that her former fiancé left her at the altar after her businessman father was indicted for fraud and committed suicide. After Casey accuses her of "building a fence around her" and ridicules her for wanting to prove herself, Lucy leaves in a huff. Lucy and Casey remain friendly but distant, and Casey enlists in the Army after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During the war, Lucy sends Casey letters and packages, and while recuperating from a war injury, Casey decides to go into business with Harry and Gus. One night, after the war, Casey returns quietly to New City and shows up unannounced at a party at Gus and Molly's palatial new home. Casey is cautious and sarcastic with Lucy, and she leaves, angry. Urged by Molly, Casey follows Lucy home, and the two fall into each other's arms. After a passionate kiss, Casey and Lucy discuss their future together, and Lucy disappoints Casey when she reveals that she wants to build another, bigger store with a penthouse apartment. When Casey issues Lucy an ultimatum, saying that he will marry her only if she becomes a full-time housewife, Lucy refuses. Later, however, Molly convinces the heartbroken Lucy to choose marriage over career, and Lucy drives to Casey's drilling site, on which he has just struck oil. Believing that Lucy has come to ask for money, Casey is rude, and Lucy departs without admitting her feelings. In town, she then discovers that her store has burnt to the ground. Feeling that her new store idea is too risky, Charlie turns down Lucy's next loan application, but privately, the now-wealthy Casey pressures the banker to change his mind. While Gallant's, Inc. is being rebuilt, Casey leaves on an extended European vacation and becomes engaged to a Parisian model, news of which is published in the New City papers. The engagement falls apart, however, and Casey flies back to New City on the eve of Gallant's first anniversary celebration. Mac, who once had a fling with Casey, meets him at the airport and takes him to another posh party at Gus and Molly's. Casey is disappointed to see Lucy with Jim Wardman, Gallant's suave general manager, and acts unimpressed when Lucy announces that the governor is coming to the store's anniversary celebration. Just before the governor's arrival, Lucy meets with her board, on which Charlie and Mac serve, and is thunderstruck to learn that Charlie's $250,000 note is due and unpayable. Although Jim insists that he warned Lucy about the store's precarious finances, Lucy and Mac know that he manipulated her in order to take over the business, but are powerless to stop him. Lucy presents a brave front during the governor's speech and a fashion show featuring original Gallant's creations, and when Casey appears and learns about her troubles from Charlie, he offers to pay the note so she can save the store. After Charlie finally tells Lucy about both times Casey interfered on her behalf, Lucy runs to Casey and declares she wants to marry him, with no store attached.

Cast:

Jane Wyman,  

Charlton Heston, 

Claire Trevor,  

Thelma Ritter,  

William Demarest,  

Wallace Ford,  

Tom Helmore,  

Gloria Talbott

Genre: romantic drama

Best thing about the movie... FASHION!!! L-O-V-E the fashions in this movie, especially the SHOW at the end!

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The Doughgirls (1944)

The Doughgirls (1944)

After eloping to Pottsville, Maryland, Arthur Halstead, his new wife Vivian and her dog Duke arrive in Washington, D.C, where Arthur is aide to Stanley Slade, Administrator of Inter-Bureau Co-ordination. Housing is scarce in wartime Washington, and their hotel rooms are still occupied by Julian and Edna Cadman, another newly married couple. When Edna, who is furious at being turned out of the suite, discovers that Vivian is an old friend from her days as a showgirl, she cheerfully demands that the two couples share the rooms. When Nan Dillon, a third newlywed showgirl chum, knocks on the door, having seen Duke in the lobby, Edna insists that Nan and her husband Tom, move in as well, despite Vivian's protests. While the women are making their arrangements, Elizabeth Brush Cartwright, commander of the War Wives Relief Corps, calls to sign them up as volunteers and informs them that they will be allowed to work after they are investigated by the FBI. After Elizabeth leaves, Nan fears that she will not pass the investigation because Tom was sent to the hospital with measles before they could actually be married. A few minutes later, Julian's ex-wife, Sylvia Cadmen, arrives and informs Edna that Julian's divorce is not yet final, meaning that Edna and Julian are not legally married. To make matters worse, Sylvia now wants Julian back, because war shortages have created a demand for his process to convert soybeans to other products. Finally, Vivian learns from a radio broadcast that the man who married them in Pottsville was actually a burglar, posing as a justice of the peace. She, too, is not legally married. Then Julian arrives, to general consternation, with Natasha Moskoroff, a veteran Russian Nazi fighter, who announces that she likes the communal atmosphere in their suite better than the consulate, and will sleep there. When Arthur learns that his marriage is not legal, he refuses either to marry Vivian or pay the hotel bill until everyone else has left the suite. Several days later, when the hotel threatens to kick them out if the bill is not paid within an hour, Natasha pawns Vivian's jeweled clips, angering Arthur, who had given them to her as a gift. While Natasha is gone, Tom and Nan attempt to get married, but Vivian has used their marriage license as a laundry list, and the judge refuses to marry them without it, even though Tom, a soldier, is being sent overseas the next day. In the meantime, the hotel manager has rented the suite to radio newscaster, Breckinridge Drake, who generously agrees to share the suite with the women. A month later, Vivian, who has gone to work as a secretary to Slade, is surprised when Slade proposes to her. He gives her a ring, which infuriates Arthur when he sees it. To prove to Arthur that she really loves him, Vivian decides to pawn the ring and redeem the clips. Then Julian learns that Buckley, his boss, has fallen in love with Sylvia and convinced her to let the divorce become final. Having completed their investigation, the FBI demands that the women leave town, but before they can enforce this, Nan is invited to have lunch at the White House, where Tom is to be decorated. Determined to be married before lunch, Tom returns with the judge. Meanwhile, Arthur, seeing the redeemed clips, agrees to marry Vivian, and a triple wedding follows.

Cast:

• Ann Sheridan  Edna Stokes
• Jack Carson  Arthur Halstead
• Alexis Smith  Nan Curtiss
• Irene Manning  Mrs. Cadman
• Jane Wyman  Vivian Marsden

Genre: Comedy

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