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Dang! How Could They Stand The Heat?

posted 13 years ago by spirit_30
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I guess back in the fifties, people were more tolerant of the heat. It was suppose to be 110 degrees in that desert and everyone is wearing long sleeve shirts with bow ties, and suits with ties. The woman was wearing a wool outfit, that had to be hot! I've noticed in other fifties movies when it is hot people are wearing suits and there is no air other than a fan! I would not be able to deal with all those clothes in that heat! Did anyone else feel uncomfortable seeing them with all those hot clothes?

[–] junkmail32055 13 years ago

People were not the pus*y's that they are today.

[–] spirit_30 13 years ago

I guess not ... I've seen a lot of old movies where the weather was hot and people are wearing suit and ties. They were obviously use to it.

[–] toolkien 12 years ago

It's not how you feel, it's how you look, and they looked mmaaaaahhhhvallouss...

Some people are afraid of the unknown. I don't know why, and it scares me.

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[–] spirit_30 12 years ago

I think I'd rather look like sh*t and be comfortable than look good ... I'd probably pass out in that kind of heat in the outfit they wore.

[–] scribe1270 12 years ago

It was part of the culture of how people lived back then. Everyone went to church on Sunday and most businesses (if not all) were closed for the day. And of course back then women wore dresses rather than pants. I imagine every generations way of doing things looks odd eventually.

[–] Corfusian 11 years ago

Well, I don't know how the actors stood it, but, dang, they (and you) should all come to the desert near Vegas sometime! For many, many months, it is 110 degrees fahrenheit. I am always sftitzing to death!

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[–] pc-privconfounder 10 years ago

If you'll read the Trivia section, you'll see that Joan Weldon and Edmund Gwenn suffered horribly when the desert scenes were shot (110 degree temps, wool clothes--ew!).

[–] liscarkat (18985) 10 months ago

The clothes under those conditions don't seem practical from our point of view; however, they're realistic for the early 1950s. There are photos of people hiking up steep trails in hot weather in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with the men in dark suits and neckties, and the women in ankle-length dark dresses with long sleeves and high collars.