Flash a-ah, he'll save everyone of us.

Rayne at the movies

Rayne has made shoes for actresses from the day the company was created as a theatrical costumier in 1889, it was a small step to movies and TV.

From Dangerous Moonlight which famously didn't have a single foot or shoe in it. To 2001: A Space Odyssey which had some of the most exciting costumes in any 20th Century film, Rayne have provided shoes for secretaries, glamour girls, murderesses, housewives and astronauts.

Dale Arden is the archetypal adventurous heroine of comic strips. No wonder Ming the Merciless had plans for her.

For a full account of the 1980s film FLASH GORDONclick here.

Dale in a clinch and red and white spectator shoes.

Dale transformed into slave girl by the addition of thousands of gold bugle beads.

Rayne Spotting 4: The Passionate Stranger

1956 film starring Margaret Leighton in Norman Hartnell gowns and Rayne shoes. (Ralph Richardson also does well).

An amusing satire on the slushy romantic novel vs. reality with a story within a story plot line. The frame is filmed in black and white, the 'melodrama' in colour.
Good performances from a stalwart cast and excellent production from Muriel and Sydney Box as usual. If you're a fan of vintage clothing there are some famous frocks in this film.

Rare glimpse of Rayne shoes

Ferragamo at the Movies 1940

The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is an early British technicolor Arabian Nights fantasy with costumes by Oliver Messel, Marcel Vertes and John Armstrong. It was influential in it's storytelling, first use of blue screens and chroma key process.
The Princess (June Duprez) and Halima (Mary Morris) wear Salvatore Ferragamo shoes which fit perfectly into the grand spectacle.

June Duprez and handmaidens, Glynis Johns was one but I couldn't spot her.

Black and gold wedge.

John Justin and June Duprez in a promo shot

Mary Morris as a handmaiden.

the famous rainbow wedge from 1938.

First posted on Vintage Chic 27 June 2014