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Enjoyed this narrow ribboned fedora tonight... worn by Tom Conway in Cat People (1942).
That hat is puurrrfect. And I agree with Scotty, the dame is the cat's meow!
Enjoyed this narrow ribboned fedora tonight... worn by Tom Conway in Cat People (1942).
That hat is puurrrfect. And I agree with Scotty, the dame is the cat's meow!
It's weird how few pics there are on the 'Net of GC in this role. Pics of the movie poster and a few others, and that's it.And it appears that it's turned on his head, too, although the opposite way, and the front pinch wasn't realigned to the front. But I can see now where the idea came from. Also the shirt, and bag strap.
Benz, yes there are certainly differences. I account for some of them due to particular-to-the-era style. When hats were worn by men everyday, as in many of the photos above, including Cooper, styles were all over the place, so what Cooper wore was merely something that was a normal part of fashion/style. When Raiders was made, it was a period adventure. Men didn't wear fedoras, much less anything else on their heads. Baseball caps weren't even terribly 'in,' during the late '70s. Most baseball hats of that time were what we call today 'trucker' caps - plastic mesh panels with one or two cheapo 'cloth' panels in front.
So the person(s) responsible for creating Indy's hat (there are various versions of who was primarily responsible), not living in a 'hat culture,' were able to massage his fedora into whatever romanticized version they wished, staying reasonably accurate to what everyone wore back in the day. The dimensional brim was a concession to style. It's swoopy looks stemmed from a desire to have a long enough brim in the front without it sticking out too far, looking too cowboyhatish, on the sides.
'The turn' was a stylistic thing, as well. It was a way of making the hat look adventured in, the brim being distorted as it was. There were other factors in the final look of the Indy hats, as well - the lightweight rabbit felt being a major one, and hat being slightly tight, or tightened on his head by tightening the ribbon, another.
When doing a period piece, or rather, the pioneering period piece of its time, as Raiders was, you are free to take some liberties and set the standard, as it would be.
scottyrocks,
You make a very good point. The Raiders hat was an INTERPRETATION of the style of the time and as such, liberty's were taken with it's look. As seen in the hats many collectors here on the Forum have from that period, the "Indy" style is VASTLY different from what was worn at that time. Good point
It's weird how few pics there are on the 'Net of GC in this role. Pics of the movie poster and a few others, and that's it.
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What a great adventure picture!Here are a few I ran across that I dont think I had seen before.