| Bombers B-52 (1957) | Natalie Wood "Just two brief scenes - but better than nothing" "a great scene at the begining of the movie where everyone is lighting up and Natalie smokes as an 18 year old" "I'd say the scenes had great potential but are frustrating. She's young and pretty and clearly IRL, but her smoking mostly occurs in wide shots, with the smoke on her exhales hardly visible. There are two closer shots of exhales, but one is from a three-quarter rear angle, while in the other she drags nicely but covers her face with her other hand as she exhales, just in time to block our view. There is one unusual bit of dialogue from Karl Malden, as her father, who tells a guest that his daughter 'smokes, but she doesn't drink.'"
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