Wetlook World Forum

Hollywood are the masters of continuity problems....and illusions too.....e.g. Harold Lloyd lost 2 fingers during an explosives accident early in his career and the studios created a prosthetic hand for him that was in use for most of his film career and few people knew he had lost his fingers.

You are right about that Constance Cumming scenes though...she is totally drenched when she is outside in the rain, and then a minute later when she goes indoors her dress appears to have miraculously dried off....obviously they took too long in between takes and forgot to re-wet the actress down again for the next scene. If you check the movie history books you can find pics of Director Robert Wise pouring additional watering cans over Julie Andrews during the making of SOUND OF MUSIC...and he would water the actress down again after each take. There are similar pics of Director John Ford pouring extra buckets of water over Maureen O'Hara's white dress during re-takes for THE WINGS OF EAGLES wet scene too.

But as you said....even though Constance Cummings dress is no longer wet when she appears indoors....the prior 4 minutes she is totally soaked when she is outdoors.

MK