Retro Movie Adventures: The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Had me in stitches.

Movie bar for The Man in the White Suit.

I thought I was going to watch the Oscar nominated animated shorts, but it turns out that theaters don’t honor tickets for a Monday show on a Tuesday. Weird.

So I watched this instead, and it was a heap of fun. I enjoyed playing “Hey, that’s that old guy I know… but young!”

This was the obvious fake poster for a movie about a guy wearing a white suit:

A poster for The Man in the White Suit parodying the poster for Scarface. One side is black, the other white. A high contrast image of Alec Guiness as Sidney covers the line between them. 

Text across says "THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT." Other text says "In the spring of 1951,
textile manufacturers and
workers fought to keep
businesses running
and to protect workers
from unfair conditions.

One of them found a way
to create a new type of
fabric... one that would
never get dirty
or damaged.

He was Sidney Stratton.
The world will remember
him by another name
...THE MAN IN 
THE WHITE SUIT.

He loved synthetic fibers.
And inventions.

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