Story 47: Dickey hanging out

This is a story entry, mainly of "Feuerwerk (1954)" (rating 7), both pics, set in 1909. One boy in a blue white striped sailor suit with a good white collar, 3 stripes, white dickey hanging out (very brief scene and sadly not shown from behind). In this scenes there is also a young girl in a sailor suit and some more later.

The other pic showing a boy in a rare, long grey sailor suit with a short brown collar and a rare cap, probably non-sailor cap. Interesting clothing but the boy in the medium blue sailor suit (white collar as well, see pic in the main entry) is much better and there are more scenes with him.  Good movie, for more see it's entry at

/2012/07/30/feuerwerk-1954/

It's quite rare showing the dickey hanging out. Before blogging I thought that they wore T-shirts underneath. Another movie is Dangerous Holiday (rating 7, b&w). Sometimes if boys are fighting (see also Lord Jeff, rating 10, and De witte (1980), rating 5), then the collars are of course deranged and the clean white suits or collars are dirty or wet (and often their parents or dads don't like it and maybe there will be a punishment or spanking). See also other story entries, especially

/2011/08/23/story-1-untidy-sailor-suits/

An open collar is shown in Emil och griseknoen /Emil i Lönnberga (rating 6).

Da lacht Tirol

Comedy /Heimatfilm starring Beppo Brem
-Year: 1967
-Year in film: 1960s
-Country: Germany
-Who in clothing: boys ~10-12, Lederhosen
-Who in clothing 2: men, Lederhosen
-Available on DVD: VHS only
-I own: yes, TV recording
-Clothing occurrence: medium
-Rating: 9/10
-Rating: *********
-Comment: 2 boys in short smooth finish Lederhosen (one in black with a belt, one in brown without suspenders). Later also one in a long buckskin Lederhosen. Probably the Hochfilzer brothers, one might be 13, probably sons of Hansjörg Hochfilzner. One other might be Toni Hagemüller. One very brief scene of a very young boy in  buckskin Lederhosen with H-style suspenders (but far in the distance) and some men in short and long Lederhosen. Also Schuhplattler dancing (men only).

As announced this movie with almost perfect scenes. Sadly some few minutes mostly at the beginning (hanging at a church bell, also some even better scenes while swinging and ringing the bell, but I choose this one), later standing and playing with his belt, also rolling in the grass but bad view and in the distance.

One rather short scene of young men dancing with women, Schuhplatter but no Watchnplattler. Dirndldrahn. Typical wide green Tyrolean cotton suspenders, buckskin or patina leather. Also older men in longer black buckskin Lederhosen. But also not many scenes.

Half of this movie are mountain climbing scenes in the snow and very boring. Even not funny at all. I considered even rating 10, maybe one of the best smooth finish Lederhosen scenes ever (so far). But personally I prefer Lederhosen with suspenders and real, peacefully Heimatfilms with cabins and animals. I have to watch it again and compare it to other movies (with teens). I couldn't find any clips and only a VHS release.

Novel by Karl Springenschmid. Also starring Sepp Rist, Rudi Lindner and Franz Jäger. Film aka "Entscheidung am wilden Kaiser" and Ruf der Berge.

Feuerwerk (1954)

Comedy film starring Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider
-Year: 1954
-Year in film: 1909
-Country: Germany, CH
-Who in clothing: boy ~12, other boys, girls, sailor suit
-Who in clothing 2: suit, knickers
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: yes, TV recording
-Clothing occurrence: medium
-Rating: 7/10
-Rating: *******
-Comment: One boy in a quite rare medium blue sailor suit, white collar, 3 stripes, blue scarf (also white napkin), long white stockings, not 100% sure but I think this might be 12 yo Peter Rühmann (son of famous Heinz Rühmann and part of the main family in this movie), 3 quite long scenes (also sitting in the circus, first row, having fun) and also in other traditional clothing (suit). Some other younger and older boys and (teen) girls, mostly inside a circus (nearly the complete 2nd half of this film is set there). Also one boy with a very good white collar and his white dickey hanging out, and one boy with a short brown sailor collar (I will make a separate story entry of this 2, soon). Some grown-ups, especially women in historical clothing and collars, but I think none in a real sailor dress, typical period clothing with umbrellas, also costumes and circus uniforms. Some other younger kids in the background, but often very short scenes and far in the distance. Some with flat straw hats. No notable close up views of girls in sailor dresses.

Finally another good historical sailor suit movie which I haven't seen before. Had just been aired.

Starring Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Claus Biederstaedt, Rudolf Vogel, Lina Carstens and others. Directed by Kurt Hoffmann (Rheinsberg (1967), rating 5, Das fliegende Klassenzimmer (1954), Morgens um Sieben ist die Welt noch in Ordnung). English title "Fireworks".

I'm, not sure if I would buy this movie. Some few good scenes but sadly too many circus scenes. But I give rating 6-7. There are also 3 later movies in 1963, 1971 and 1976, which I also have to check. There are some clips on YouTube. Very good and long white collar flap, but no perfect close up view from behind. The boy with the dark blue collar (pic 4) is also shown completely, rather short suit and thin, and I think it's the same in pic 3.

2 more pics at

/2012/08/01/story-47-dickey-hanging-out/

Yevdokiya

Soviet b&w drama
-Year: 1961
-Year in film: 1920-60s
-Country: Soviet Union
-Who in clothing: boy ~5 ?, sailor suit
-Who in clothing 2:
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Clothing occurence: low
-Rating: 2/10
-Rating: **
-Comment: One young blond boy in a dark (blue) long sailor suit (pictured). I don't know his name.

Original title :Evdokia (aka Evdokija which is a female name) Russian title: Евдокия, German title: "Du mußt nicht einsam sein". I have checked the complete movie on YouTube (at high speed) and only found this two scenes (first inside a building (court?) and after that outside.

I don't like this movie. Very few sailor suit scenes and the boy is very young. Movie is b&w and I think the plot is also nothing special (I don't understand Russian). Available on DVD with English subtitles. I'm not sure about the year of setting of this scene. The movie is set from 1920-1960s, but I doubt that the scene is from 1920s, so probably a late sailor suit setting.

Directed by Tatyana Lioznova (1924-2011), starring Lyudmila Khityaeva as Jewdokija and Nikolai Lebedev as Jewdokim.

Rating 1-2. Quite interesting sailor suit and dickey.

The Drum (1938)

PD adventure film
-Year: 1938
-Year in film: 1930s ?
-Country: UK
-Who in clothing: Bill ~19 ?,  kilt
-Who in clothing 2: Indian, shirtless
-Available on DVD: yes+download
-I own: no
-Clothing occurence: low ?
-Rating: 3/10
-Rating: ***
-Comment: One teen boy in a kilt, looks like Desmond Tester (1919-2002). He looks younger than 19, so maybe filmed earlier. Also a younger Indian boy (also shirtless).

I found this early Technicolor PD movie by coincidence on YouTube. Though I haven't checked it completely I assume rather few good scenes according to the thumbnails. Maybe someone likes this or the other boy.

Not sailor suit but a kilt is a traditional and quite weird clothing for a boy (see also List 16: Other traditional clothing for another boy in a kilt and else).

http://archive.org/details/TheDrum

The Woman in Black (2012)

Horror film starring Daniel Radcliffe
-Year: 2012
-Year in film: 1900s ?
-Country: UK, CDN, Sweden
-Who in clothing: boy ~9,  sailor suit
-Who in clothing 2: others, ~7-9 ys, hist. clothing
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Clothing occurence: very low
-Rating: 3/10 *
-Rating: ***
-Comment: One boy at about 1h10 in a long white sailor suit, white collar and dickey, 2 stripes each (very short scene). Also I think 2 boys in good historical clothing (one younger boy in color at the end of the movie). Also some girls acting (some with pigtails) in historical clothing/dresses but no sailor dresses.

First I considered something else for today, but why not a British film (even set in London) because of the Olympic Games? Another movie with a teen boy in a kilt coming soon.

That's the other suggestion. Thanks very much. First I had problems finding this movie, then this scene. It's a very short flashback scene of an old lady (they are also sitting on the beach but shown from a distance). I haven't seen the backside and the collar flap. Due to the flashback, I'm not exactly sure of the time setting of this scenes (I read Victorian and also Edwardian, so might be much earlier).  I only checked some frames of about every minute , so I haven't really seen this movie at slow speed. It's a good ghost story (1983 novel by Susan Hill) and I would maybe give a higher rating for the movie itself, but I can't rate any higher than 3-4 for this short sailor suit scenes. And I like white sailor suits and collars. But I somehow don't like the older Daniel Radcliffe and still see him as Harry Potter. Rated PG-13, so it's a dark thriller and ghost film and not a slasher horror film.

Also starring Emma Shorey, Molly Harmon and Sophie Stuckey. There is also a related 1989 movie (which I also have to check) and also earlier, so probably unrelated movies.

Here's a pic of probably all kids in this film, also showing the sailor suit

http://www.timeout.com.hk/media/content/large/22338_2761-Woman_in_Black_Photo_Nick_Wall.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lReemWmO5o

Admiral (2008)

War / history film WWI
-Year: 2008
-Year in film: 1918
-Country: Russia
-Who in clothing: boys ~9, men, sailor suit
-Who in clothing 2: grown- ups, bathing costumes
-Available on DVD: yes
-I own: no
-Clothing occurence: very low *
-Rating: 4/10
-Rating: ****
-Comment: One boy (called Slavushka, real name not known, uncredited at IMDb) in a good sailor suit, white blouse and dickey, medium blue collar, 2 stripes, no scarf, and medium length dark blue pants. I think barefeet on the beach. Short scene at about 0:16. One even shorter scene of a boy in a white sailor suit (shown from behind only, pic 3 below) and many men in good sailor suits, long cap tally at the backside, longer than the collars. Also some grown-ups, mostly women in bathing costumes but also briefly shown in the background. One young boy later in a dark blue, short non-sailor suit and a flat straw hat (at about 0:40).

The first sailor suit film suggestion. Thanks very much! The other film is coming soon. If anybody else knows some good films, please comment (anywhere).

Russian title: "Адмиралъ", 124 minutes. I have checked most of the movie (at high speed) but noticed only this few scenes (of boys).

Rating 4-5 for this short scenes. Could be worse.