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Cyd Charisse in Silk Stockings. The striptease sequence was considered so risqué at the time that it reportedly worried Production Code censors. How does it hold up today?

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This scene of Cyd Charisse from Silk Stockings (1957 was met with a least a couple of raised eyebrows from the Hays film censors. For one two-second instant, she is seen at length in a silk camisole exposing her legendary legs. This was considered too risqué by the Hays office, and a high-back chair was integrated into the dance for her to run behind. After she emerges from behind the chair, she has slipped on a swirling petticoat, but it is transparent and gives quick glimpses of her legs anyway, which were what most viewers wanted to see. The costume at the end of this clip was designed by Helen Rose.

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This scene of Cyd Charisse from Silk Stockings (1957 was met with a least a couple of raised eyebrows from the Hays film censors. For one two-second instant, she is seen at length in a silk camisole exposing her legendary legs. This was considered too risqué by the Hays office, and a high-back chair was integrated into the dance for her to run behind. After she emerges from behind the chair, she has slipped on a swirling petticoat, but it is transparent and gives quick glimpses of her legs anyway, which were what most viewers wanted to see. The costume at the end of this clip was designed by Helen Rose.

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