brand of sunglasses?

[sparks]

is anyone familiar with 'arsenic and old lace?'

what brand of sunglasses are being worn in the opening scene at the bus station?

who make s a comparable look today?

 

[sparks]

the ones cary grant wears

 

[dogrocketp]

Post a picture, and I should be able to tell you. I'm an optician with a very good vintage memory.

 

[CopperNY]

only one i could find....

 

[theinterchange]

I'm just putting my name in here to see what the good optician has to say about the brand. I've always liked the glasses Grant wore in that scene.

Randy

 

[Steveb1]

I kind of like the sunglasses he wore in North by Northwest.

 

[dwebber18]

Those look like some old Persols I've seen. Can't recall a model number though.

 

[theinterchange]

I kind of like the sunglasses he wore in North by Northwest.

I do, too. Grant was one stylish dude.

Randy

 

[Geronimo]

See them in action here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRntZJw75lM
2:25-4:30.

 

[Packin' Heat]

It seems to me like they're just aviators.

 

[Undertow]

Those look like some old Persols I've seen. Can't recall a model number though.

Perhaps something along these lines?

[*can't get the picture to appear - sorry, follow the link I guess]

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Even if I knew the answer, would refuse to share it with 'Vladimir Lenin' anymore than I would with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or Chairman Mao. Methinks a change of avatar might be appropriate to be honest. Mass murders don't sit well in the lounge of freemen, there Sparky!

-dixon cannon

 

[dogrocketp]

It is not a Persol sunglass. It is a metal aviator covered with plastic. The difference between this and most aviators is that the bridge (middle) is one piece of metal (not 2 bars, as usual) & the sides (temples) attach much lower than most frames. Because of the combination, this frame is much more fragile than the average one. I'd bet my bottom dollar it was a limited run that was stopped because it broke too easily. By the way, the North by Northwest sunglasses are the rayban wayfarer in dark tortoise shell, size 47 X 22 with the tilt taken out of the frame. Any other questions, folks?

 

[Dinerman]

Look like pretty common celluloid sunglasses that were popular in the '30s and '40s. Chances are good they wouldn't have been marked a brand name on the glasses- maybe the display would have had the brand name on it. They would not have had an internal metal frame, just at the hinges. Probably bottle green or brown lenses. That midway down the lens attachment of the temples was very common at the time. I doubt you'd be able to find anything quite like it in a modern pair.

I have an almost identical pair in yellowed transparent celluloid that unfortunately melted out of shape before I got them.

Here's a similar pair belonging to McFarlaneNYC

or to dhermann1

 

[Tomasso]

By the way, the North by Northwest sunglasses are the rayban wayfarer in dark tortoise shell, size 47 X 22 with the tilt taken out of the frame.

How did you come by that info? That kinda looks like the Persol arrow on the hinges.

 

[Undertow]

Even if I knew the answer, would refuse to share it with 'Vladimir Lenin' anymore than I would with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or Chairman Mao. Methinks a change of avatar might be appropriate to be honest. Mass murders don't sit well in the lounge of freemen, there Sparky!

-dixon cannon

:eusa_clap

 

[Richard Warren]

How did you come by that info? That kinda looks like the Persol arrow on the hinges.

Don't look like Wayfarers to me.

 

[theinterchange]

Even if I knew the answer, would refuse to share it with 'Vladimir Lenin' anymore than I would with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, or Chairman Mao. Methinks a change of avatar might be appropriate to be honest. Mass murders don't sit well in the lounge of freemen, there Sparky!

-dixon cannon

I was trying to figure out who that was, it looked vaguely familiar.

Don't look like Wayfarers to me.

Me neither.

Randy

 

[Talbot]

Don't look like Wayfarers to me.

Willson?

I have a similar pair - not sure I want to wear them again for a while...

 

[Blackjack]

yeah, they look like the round wayfarers and they're making them again.