COCKTAIL PARTY SCENE FROM "BLACK EMANUELLE 2" (1976)

    

#12: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RED ACCENT PIECE.

From the 1976 film "Black Emanuelle 2" (Emanuelle nera No. 2), directed by Bitto Albertini.

So the first time I saw this scene I thought Dagmar Lassander was the star. She looks fabulous, one has to admit, presiding over cocktails as her psychiatrist husband comes home from a long day of treating Black Emanuelle's apparent mental disorder. What could it be, a case of Acute Nymphomania perhaps? Yeah, whatever the case, I guess I'd have problems too if everyone always prefaced my name with a racial modifier.

But then of course later I realized the real star wasn't actually big, German, Euro-Scream-Queen Dagmar but rather those silver platform shoes on the lady in blue on the sofa. Those sure pair well with booze and cigarettes.  But you know, while they are without question the best fashion accessory in the whole scene, I am finally able to say with certainty that the real star of this scene is...

That red secretary in the background. Eighteenth century-styled, likely English, with lacquered chinoiserie finishing. Red accent pieces to interiors can be like salt to food: when used sparingly they finish off rooms and give interest. This applies with casegoods like the secretary and also chairs, as well. And especially in this film scene, to an otherwise totalizing neutrality I can only describe as "monolithic mushroom".

And yes, to review from previous posts, uniformed domestics are still an attractive (and very functional!) accent. And you'll notice he's wearing red, too.

#2:  ACCESSORIZE WITH A WHITE-GLOVED MANSERVANT WHENEVER POSSIBLE.