Puce Moment (1949)

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This is a six-minute excerpt from the film "Puce Women", which was filmed in Hollywood before "Sunset Boulevard" (1950). This is also the same argument, that of the old Hollywood stars, once finished its period of splendor, languishing in sumptuous mansions, replacing Yvonne Marquis to Joan Crawford Wilder's great movie.

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A soundtrack plays folk rock as a woman prepares, at noon, to take her Borzois for a walk. She goes through her dresses, all 1920's style flapper gowns, holding them one at a time, shaking them as if they are dancing. She picks one - in puce. She puts it on, delighted, adds perfume, languishes on a chaise for a few minutes, then goes for her walk. It all has a 20's feel.