Architectural Digest’s Architecture and Design Starring in the Movies

Were they right?  What are your pick’s? Here are some of mine. “What a Way to Go” 1964, the story of a woman who tries to give the IRS eveything after becoming very rich by marrying men who inevitably die! Hysterical.The sets perfectly describe each of Shirley MacLaine’s transitions, and the all pink mansion she lives in with Gene Kelly is a hoot! One of the greatest Fashion picures of all time as well!

Visually Amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Group”1966, the story of eight young women graduating from an exclusive girl’s college in 1933 and the different paths they take over the next decade. There are beautiful scenes of NYC shot by Sidney Kumet that capture pre WWII New York and the different sort of lives each woman leads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Dinner at Eight”: 1933 Brilliant comedy. Jean Harlow’s all white bedroom was the first all white set. It took 10 shades of white to accomplish the look. It became a deco classic, copied all over the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Rebecca” 1940, Mandalay, the English Country house where Joan Fontaine comes to live with her new husband, Lawrence Olivier, is as much a charcater as any of the actors or the ghost of Rebecca, his first wife.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“School Ties” 1992, chronicles a young jewish football player winning a scholarship to a private boys Prep School in the 1950′s. Beautiful shots of classic eastern architecture that tell you exactly who is who.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Brazil” 1985, The futuristic world Terry Gilliam created is full of anachronism and is the story! One of my all time favs!