I've been silent for a while but have been keeping track
avidly all the time. I'm currently stuck in Vancouver,
Canada not that far from Wrayland (ironically) since
September 11th, re-organising entry into the USA - This
fair, blond Australian was apparently mistaken as an
insurgent, and I wasn't even wearing my turban! But
seriously, on the subject of DVD - The usual debate. I'd
prefer they'd restore along the lines of the producers'
original vision and allow us to see a perfected masterpiece
- fix the fur rippling or something, use technology
constructively. I'm afraid I'm a stickler for black & white
AS black & white. The lighting, the chiaroscuro -
everything is DESIGNED for monochrome. But I know we can't
fight THAT supposed progress. If they have to colorise it
again and the dress color is contentious, why doesn't
somebody ask the Lady herself? Or have I missed something?
I'd always seen it as a virginal cream or ivory following
Cooper's "woo" theory. Do you really think he'd have opted
for little girl pink? I mean, let's face it, he DIDN'T put
bows in her hair as was originally planned. And Ann Darrow
was the sort of girl who was happy to go on an ocean voyage
with an ALL male crew and who picked THAT slinky beauty &
the beast costume for a screen test in front of them all
("It's the prettiest!"). I'm sorry, but I don't see Ann in
Pink. She'd have dressed for the tropics in shades of
off-white and the buttons would have been brown
(Remember,Jean Harlow had been considered just as she was
coming into her seven-shades-of-white period, and over a
decade later Lana Turner was clothed in white to temper her
brooding sexuality in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" -
both platinum blondes). Have I been opinionated enough yet?
Does everyone else really think it was pink?

Bradford Jones

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