Book 1, Page 136
Added 2020-07-08 05:36:15 +0000 UTCHi patrons! Becky here, with some more Tales from Behind the Clothing Choices.
In Barry's original script, Lillian's second dress was described as "Too librarian." Naturally I didn't want to besmirch or offend our stylish librarian fanbase! So I looked for another adjective that would contrast with "fancy," but be equally unpleasant to wear to dinner. "Horse-and-buggy" was on a list of old-timey slang for "out-of-date," and it totally made sense to me that Lillian would have a hand-me-down from awkward/femmier days in the back of her closet. (Right? Everyone has some of those?) For the "horse-and-buggy" dress, my thoughts turned to the Quaker librarian in the 1940 movie, The Philadelphia Story.
Side note: apparently there's a whole blog devoted to librarians as portrayed on the silver screen!
Other side note: I've seen The Philadelphia Story dozens of times--I went through a Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn phase in middle school--and I did not remember any part of Kate's outfit in this scene! I must block it out every time. What is happening?! It must have been even more amazing in color.
Thanks, as always, for supporting SuperButch! As you can see, I'm having a blast drawing it. :D
