Fur Glamor

Index of Links to the fur fashion reviews and galleries for each posted film.

Fur Films by Decade:

1930-1934

• Baby Face – Barbara Stanwyck sleeps her way up corporate ladder and accumulates some fine fur coats in the process. Review – Gallery.
• I’m No Angel – Mae West as a well dressed circus lion tamer in a big fox wraps and coats. Review – Gallery.
• Lady with a Past – Constance Bennett wears furs for over one-third of the entire film as a jilted heiress looking to get her man back. Review – Gallery.
• Manhattan Melodrama – Myrna Loy wears fox furs opposite William Powell in a film that’s not about a thin man. Review – Gallery.
• Morning Glory – Katharine Hepburn in a huge white fox trimmed wrap from the film that won her an Oscar. Review – Gallery.
• No More Orchids – Carole Lombard stars in this fine example of a spoiled heiress film, with her character appropriately well dressed in a number of furs. Review – Gallery.
• Rockabye – Constance Bennett brings home the early 30’s fox collar prize as she visits the courtroom in a stunning collar and matching barrel muff. Review – Gallery.
• Shanghai Express – An iconic role for Marlene Dietrich, and one of the best single fur fashion sequences committed to film. Review – Gallery.
• Success at Any Price – Relative unknown Genevieve Tobin is the mistress and wife of some rich guys and wears the furs to prove it. Review – Gallery.
• The Crash – Set in the late 20’s with fashion so early 30’s, the fox furs anachronistically fly in this somber entry. Review – Gallery.
• The Eagle and the Hawk – Carole Lombard smoking in a coat with a huge white fox collar and cuffs from an obscure 1933 war film. Review – Gallery.
• The Match King – A man makes a fortune in matches, and his would-be girlfriend dumps him wearing an amazing fox trimmed outfit. Review – Gallery.
• The Thin Man Films – It starts in 1934 and goes to 1947, a review of five of the six films that include notable furs. Review – Gallery.
• This is the Night – Themla Todd and Lily Damita star in this ultra-complex 1932 romantic comedy, both in some nice furs. Review – Gallery.

1935-1939

• Blond Cheat – Joan Fontaine leads a less notable cast in very notable fox furs in this 1938 entry. Review – Gallery.
• Born Reckless – A “B” movie from 1937 with a very “A” selection of furs worn by the owner of a struggling cab company. Review – Gallery.
• Broadway Melody of 1936 – It’s about Broadway in 1936, so it has girls in huge fox coats and guys made up to look like girls in huge fox coats. Review – Gallery.
• Fight For Your Lady – 30’s RomCom action with Margot Grahame and Ida Lupino looking lovely as ever in some hefty fox furs. Review – Gallery.
• Fools for Scandal – Carole Lombard’s “worst” film has quite a few nice furs, both on Miss Lombard and gossipy Isabel Jeans. Review – Gallery.
• I’ll Take Romance – Grace Moore does her part to reinforce that Broadway diva in fur stereotype with this late 30’s romantic comedy. Review – Gallery.
• Love Is A Headache – A woman called Charlie wears a lot of big fox furs in this shocking expose of adoption in 1938 New York. Review – Gallery.
• Love Is News – A little known 1937 film with Loretta Young as a ‘madcap heiress’ with an extensive fur wardrobe. Review – Gallery.
• Libeled Lady – Jane Harlow and Myrna Loy in a classic with many furs. Review – Gallery.
• Mr Dodd Takes the Air -The story of Claude Dodd and the well dressed women who surround him. Review – Gallery.
• Remember – Divorce and large fox coats mix once more in this romantic comedy that features an amnesia potion as a key plot point. Review – Gallery.
• Rendezvous – Rosalind Russel anchors this spy flick that features Binnie Barnes in better furs as a Russian spy. Review – Gallery.
• Roberta – Gallery of captures from the 1935 film starring Irene Dunne and Ginger Rogers. Review – Gallery.
• Roberta Version 2 – Updated gallery of stills from the film Roberta, much higher quality. Review – Gallery.
• The Annabel Films – Two for one update with a young, beautiful Lucille Ball in her early film career. Review – Gallery.
• The Awful Truth – Irene Dunne returns in the biggest white fox coat of all time. Review – Gallery.
• The Bride Wore Red – Joan Crawford in a beautiful and very large fox fur collar. Review – Gallery.
• The Law in Her Hands – Mob lawyer Mary Wentworth dresses in style with a big white fox fur wrap. Review – Gallery.
• The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt – A gentleman detective entry featuring Ida Lupino in a number of fox furs, including a spectacular white fox coat. Review – Gallery.
• The Mad Miss Manton – Quite simply, the greatest fur fashion film of all time. There is no equal. Review – Gallery.
• Times Square Lady – 1935 crime drama / comedy with a lot of furs, staring Virginia Bruce as the Lady in question. Review – Gallery.

1940s

• Dance, Girl, Dance – I greatly enjoy Lucy as burlesque queen Tiger Lilly in her big white fox fur coat, among a great selection of other furs. Review – Gallery.
• Easy to Wed – A remake of Libeled Lady with a slightly pre “I Love” Lucille Ball taking up the fur wearing mantle from Jean Harlow. Review – Gallery.
• Father Takes a Wife – Gloria Swanson in her last role before the big comeback stars in a film that has a lot of nice furs not meant for the 40’s. Review – Gallery.
• Lady Be Good – Hollywood makes divorce fun again in this Oscar winning musical that features a few nice foxes. Review – Gallery.
• Lady of Burlesque – Barbara Stanwyck pushing big fox fur into the 40’s with 1943’s Lady of Burlesque, where Stephanie Bachelor steals the show as a smoking fur clad faux Russian vamp. Review – Gallery.
• The Dolly Sisters – A 40s musical with a happier ending than the one upon which it was based, gives Betty Grable the chance to show off an amazing white fox trimmed coat. Review – Gallery.
• The Falcon Films – Group update featuring the furs from a series of “gentleman detective” film staring “The Falcon.” Review – Gallery.
• The Lone Wolf Strikes – Sequel to The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt loses Ida Lupino but keeps the big white fox furs. Review – Gallery.
• They All Kissed the Bride – Young, beautiful Joan Crawford in an enormous full length silver fox fur coat, what more do you need? Review – Gallery.
• Tin Pan Alley – Alice Faye and Betty Grable are almost upstaged by lesser known Esther Ralston’s big fox trimmed cape and muff. Review – Gallery.

1950s

• Death of a Scoundrel – George Sanders goes from Falcon to Scoundrel in this 1956 film, and the fox stoles go with him. Review – Gallery.
• Let’s Do It Again – Someone remakes The Awful Truth in 1953 with one of the biggest blush fox stoles of all time. Review – Gallery.
• Party Girl – Cyd Charisse is the titular character, a showgirl with a couple nice furs she wears in this crime drama. Review – Gallery.
• Silk Stockings – The 1950’s musical version of Ninotchka features Cyd Charisse in no furs at all, but Janis Paige in a few brilliantly dyed fox furs. Review – Gallery.
• Singing in the Rain – Silent film star Lina Lamont doesn’t stay silent in a selection of thick fox furs in this critical darling. Review – Gallery.

1960s

• The Great Race – Comedy from 1965 about a race in 1908 that features the lovely Natalie Wood in 3 different fox furs one after another. Review – Gallery.
• The Millionairess – Sophia Loren wears some furs that certainly weren’t common for the 60’s in this comedy. Review – Gallery.
• What a Way to Go! – Shirley MacLaine meets and marries a bunch of guys who end up dying. She wears nice furs in the process, at least. Review – Gallery.

1970s

• Darktown Strutters – Strange things happen late at night on Turner Classic Movies, this is one of the stranger ones, with big 70’s fox furs. Review – Gallery.
• Funny Lady – Barbara Streisand stars in a sequel biopic of Franny Brice, wearing some nice 70’s inspired 30’s fox furs. Review – Gallery.
• Snapshot – Australian “thriller” from 1979 with a nice selection of 70’s furs with a penchant for being worn while Chantal Contouri is smoking. Review – Gallery.
• The Dr. Phibes Films – A double dose of 70’s horror about the 1920’s, with a sinister, fur draped henchwoman named Vulnavia. Review – Gallery.
• The Great Bank Hoax – Obscure little comedy from the 70’s that worked in a sexy “fur coat seduction” sequence. Review – Gallery.

1980s

• City Heat – Formulaic action buddy cop comedy that redeems itself only by showing Madeline Kahn in a huge white fox coat. Review – Gallery.
• Forever Lulu – Obscure 80’s flick that’s basically Desperately Seeking Debbie Harry, where the seeker wears a big white fox coat over a third of the film. Review – Gallery.
• Night Shift – Shelly Long reinforces the 1980’s “hookers in fur” stereotype with a gorgeous, and well filmed full length fox fur coat. Review – Gallery.
• The Hotel New Hampshire – Long, complex, meandering, and other unflattering adjectives could be applied to the film, but it worked in Jodie Foster and Natassja Kinski in great furs too. Review – Gallery.

1990s

• Mad Dog Time – Horrible as a film, but features Ellen Barkin two large, full fox fur stoles in the middle of the 1990s, so certainly notable for the furs. Review – Gallery.

2000s

• Why Did I Get Married – Tyler Perry relationship film that features affluent couples on a ski resort vacation and all the furs they wear. Review – Gallery.