Edited sentence: Aside from the great benchmark film Gigi that marked the end of the golden age of musicals and everything that followed after, Silk stockings is also considered to be on the cusp of the end of that era of film, possibly due to Fred Astaire's bowing out of musicals and Cyd Charisse movment into more dramatic roles, The film is a comment on the decline of the old age of the film the Musical, and its constant loosing competition with  advent of Television  which is established in the number between Paige and Fred Astaire.This also marked the first Comedy role for Peter Lorre a formaly serious actor ,which was strange coincidence as the film was a remake of Ninotchka Greta Garbo's first Comic role  also considered a very serious actress