[Bounci]

This brief little clip comes from the film Forsaking All Others from 1934, starring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford and Frances Drake - who is best remembered as the object of Peter Lorre's desires in the film Mad Love (1935). It is Drake who features in this party scene, where it becomes very clear that under that dress of hers Miss Drake is not wearing any underwear! Her bottom can be clearly seen through the dress, which is quite surprising in a film of this age. But it seems in Pre-Code Hollywood anything goes, and in Miss Drake's case it was her knickers! As for the rest of Frances' career, her other notable roles included Les Miserables (1935) and It's a Wonderful World (1939) before marriage to the 20th Earl of Suffolk saw her career end, as he disapproved of her acting. Boo! She died in 2000 in her 88th year.