The Vanishing Groom: A 1950s Reception Snapshot

Somewhere in a crowded room in the 1950s, a man in a pale double-breasted suit is having the best night of his life, and the camera has decided he does not need a head to prove it. The friend beside him, arm looped affectionately around his neck, hand braced on his back, has understood the assignment completely: look at the lens, grin, be recorded for posterity.