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Cissy’s Saucy Stockings, a 1930s celluloid relic recently unearthed from the vaults of pre-code cinema, is a film that thrives on paradox. On the surface, it’s a glossy, toe-tapping musical comedy with a plot so convoluted it could rival a tangle of yarn. Yet beneath its sequined façade lies a subversive commentary ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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" Cissy’s Saucy Stockings, a 1930s celluloid relic recently unearthed from the vaults of pre-code cinema, is a film that thrives on paradox. On the surface, it’s a glossy, toe-tapping musical comedy with a plot so convoluted it could rival a tangle of yarn. Yet beneath its sequined façade lies a subversive commentary on the performative nature of femininity, wrapped in a narrative that weaponizes its own artifice. Cissy Fitzgerald, in her most charismatic role, plays a vaudeville star whose lif..."
