ClassiCategories

Tuxedos that are important to the plot:

TALES OF MANHATTAN -- the movie is a series of stories about a tailcoat that passes to different people

ENTER LAUGHING -- David can act in his first play only if he provides his own tuxedo

SWING TIME -- After Eric Blore gets him and Ginger an audition, Fred Astaire tries to gamble his way to a tuxedo (he's still in his wedding outfit)

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991) -- Steve Martin tries to wear his old tux to his daughter's wedding, but when he rips it, he buys what he thinks is an Armani suit. Martin Short crushes his dreams when he points out the tuxedo is navy blue polyester

DOWNTON ABBEY -- the Granthams have trouble getting sons in law Matthew Crawley and Tom Branson to wear tuxedos at all

THE LADY EVE -- When Barbara Stanwyck re-emerges as a British Lady, Henry Fonda is so shocked he keeps tripping and ruining his tuxedos, so by the end of the evening he is down to his last tux jacket