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Puce Moment
Puce Moment

Puce Moment

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This film resulted from the unfinished short film Puce Women. The film opens with a camera watching 1920s style flapper gowns being taken off a dress rack. The dresses are removed and danced off the rack to music. (The original soundtrack was Verdi opera music; in the 1960s, Anger re-released the film with a new psychedelic folk-rock soundtrack performed by Jonathan Halper.) A long-lashed woman, Yvonne Marquis, dresses in the purple puce gown and walks to her vanity to apply perfume. She lies on a chaise lounge which then begins to move around the room and eventually out to a patio. Borzois appear and she prepares to take them for a walk.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

6 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

01 January 1949

Country

United States of America

Cast

Yvonne Marquis

Yvonne Marquis

Hollywood Star (uncredited)

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