CosmicCharlie
06-20-2026, 01:38 PM
S1 E3 The Motor Scooter
I'm amazed they allowed her to wear this in 1954 at age 17 +- in just the 3rd episode. She definitely filled it out ...
Not what I expected having never watched this show until now
What do you think the people behind the show were thinking ?
stevea
06-20-2026, 03:10 PM
I remember Jim wigged out when he saw it.
Betty is overly ditzy in season 1.
She became annoying in other ways as the show went on. Like snobby, always having to win campus contests, etc.
biffbronson
06-21-2026, 11:08 AM
Thank you for those images, wow!!
I like her choker. Longer hair usually looks nice when pulled back, and Elinor's is no exception here. Her hair always appeared to be very dark, so I was surprised years ago to learn that it was red.
She and Jane Wyatt both had very pretty faces. I think Jane is an underrated beauty, wearing somewhat dowdy / drab clothes in her role.
In my opinion, Elinor's most beautiful work was on The Andy Griffith Show, when she was in her 20s. I'll also mention her one-shot appearance on Dennis the Menace in 1960. Generally she was very hot in those years:
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CosmicCharlie
06-21-2026, 11:47 AM
She and Jane Wyatt both had very pretty faces.
At times during FKB I mistake them in some scenes !
Jane seems too young for Robert Young +-
stevea
06-21-2026, 01:31 PM
She was only around 3 years younger, and she outlived him by 8 years.
Howard
06-21-2026, 05:32 PM
That famous ponytail hairdo for teens in the fifties! Interesting that in seasons 5 and 6 she sported short hair that miraculously grew back, maybe with the help of a clip on ponytail for the final season! just a thought!
Tankeryanker
06-21-2026, 07:59 PM
Jimbob in the Waltons had a crush on a married woman and she wore some really short shorts and a tied at the waist crop top.
Very surprising for the 40s.
Princess doesn't look too racy.
I don't remember; did she have a suitable date for such a dress? That gentle guy from the vine-covered cabin or whatever it was called. He was pretty docile.
James Dean was running around then. Him showing up to take her out in THAT would have sent Bud over the edge.
biffbronson
06-22-2026, 07:25 AM
Jimbob in the Waltons had a crush on a married woman and she wore some really short shorts and a tied at the waist crop top.
Very surprising for the 40s.
Young man crushing on a married woman in the 1940s who wears shorts. Hmm...
Apparently there was heavy influence from the smash-hit 1971 film "Summer of '42" starring :kiss: Jennifer O'Neill :kiss: :
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