Rather than an artless outburst, this had the whiff of a carefully prepared speech, presumably so that Worsley could bat away meaningful glances at her poor "barren" tummy.
But when Lois, born in 1931 to Greek immigrants, started plying his craft, the old-school (WASPy) advertising industry was rather staid and artless.
The cottage garden is designed to appear artless, rather than contrived or pretentious.
There is something rather endearing about this artless admission.
Its running time is one hour and fifty-one minutes, of which far too much has been devoted to the Bennett sighs, the Joseph Schildkraut simpers, the artless (and rather hopeless) attempt of night club's Marian Martin to play that famous courtesan, la Valliere.
With this tellingly artless prose, Miller of course goes on to create an entire book, or rather a career's worth of books, in which the subject matter is simply wherever the author's mind and heart need to wander.
Every movement within the film is programmed with an eye towards zappy distraction rather than sincere education, which explains why the final product feels as weightless as it looks artless.
Perhaps the most admired master was Gui Youguang, whose most famous writings are simple essays and anecdotes about everyday life often rather loose and formless but with a quietly pleasing charm, evoking character and mood with artless-seeming delicacy.
The dress is brazenly revealing, but she counters that with a brilliantly haughty stare, and with classic Kate faux-artless hair and makeup – lots of black eyeliner, messy bun – so that she looks intriguing rather than simply doll-like.
