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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 320430" data-attributes="member: 27">I recall on this very site a member posted the famous slapping scene from A Summer Place, where Constance Ford slapped the stew out of Sandra Dee, causing her to fall and turn over the Christmas tree.&nbsp;&nbsp; The whole discussion started about &#039;that lady slapping another lady so hard she knocked over the tree&quot;.&nbsp; I pointed out Ford was playing Dee&#039;s mother; Dee was playing a 15-16 year old who got knocked up.&nbsp; Even as I was familiar with the film (from around 1960), I could see how the mistake could be made, since teenaged Sandra Dee sported a dowdy hairdo, pancake makeup and a shapeless raincoat as wardrobe.&nbsp; She was not dressed or made up in a fashion we would consider &quot;teenager,&quot; and in fact did look twice her age.It wasn&#039;t until some time later that designers and image-makers started marketing to the teen sensibility, selling a &quot;look&quot; unique to younger people that was neither &quot;little kid&quot; clothing nor &quot;boring adult&quot; clothes and promoting the idea of &quot;dressing your age&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess the increasing standard of living in the 1950s and materialism of the 1970s helped that happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 320430, member: 27"] I recall[I] on this very site [/I]a member posted the famous slapping scene from [I]A Summer Place[/I], where Constance Ford slapped the stew out of Sandra Dee, causing her to fall and turn over the Christmas tree. The whole discussion started about 'that lady slapping another lady so hard she knocked over the tree". I pointed out Ford was playing Dee's mother; Dee was playing a 15-16 year old who got knocked up. Even as I was familiar with the film (from around 1960), I could see how the mistake could be made, since teenaged Sandra Dee sported a dowdy hairdo, pancake makeup and a shapeless raincoat as wardrobe. She was not dressed or made up in a fashion we would consider "teenager," and in fact did look twice her age. It wasn't until some time later that designers and image-makers started marketing to the teen sensibility, selling a "look" unique to younger people that was neither "little kid" clothing nor "boring adult" clothes and promoting the idea of "dressing your age". I guess the increasing standard of living in the 1950s and materialism of the 1970s helped that happen. [/QUOTE]

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