Movie hats

[JackieMatra]

Pure fiction but a good scene also.

Best knife fight ever in a movie,
unfortunately marred and made unrealistic by their annoyingly holding their knives upside-down.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Belle was rumored to be killed by a man named Edgar Watson who later ended up in the wilds of southwest Florida. There is a 3 book fictional series by Peter Matthieson about Watson's life in Florida.

I have no doubt that Watson is the likely suspect in her death. He was a fugitive from FL on a murder warrant when he came to the Nation & he was a hired hand working for Belle. If it is true that she was killed by her own shotgun she would have known her murderer, & would not have stopped for anyone she didn't know at that hour.

I've been to the cabin site & her grave a couple of times. You have to walk a trail some distance to find it. Today the property is owned by someone said to be a doctor & he has really cleaned it up & improved her gravesite out of respect. I was glad to see that because it was knee deep in weeds the first time I was there. That's not you is it Perry?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Best knife fight ever in a movie,
unfortunately marred and made unrealistic by their annoyingly holding their knives upside-down.

For it to be fatal you stab low in the gut & rip upward contaminating the wound with bacteria.

 

[hatophile]

I have no doubt that Watson is the likely suspect in her death. He was a fugitive from FL on a murder warrant when he came to the Nation & he was a hired hand working for Belle. If it is true that she was killed by her own shotgun she would have known her murderer, & would not have stopped for anyone she didn't know at that hour.

I've been to the cabin site & her grave a couple of times. You have to walk a trail some distance to find it. Today the property is owned by someone said to be a doctor & he has really cleaned it up & improved her gravesite out of respect. I was glad to see that because it was knee deep in weeds the first time I was there. That's not you is it Perry?

No, I'm a big fan of Old West and Florida history though. Been to Little Bighorn, Deadwood, Doc Holliday's grave in Colorado, and Jesse James' cabin. Haven't been to Belle Starr's haunts. Someday I'd like to do a Wild West tour and maybe a Civil War battlefield tour.

 

[Benzadmiral]

One of my favorites, "The Magnificent Seven." Slated for a remake.
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How many of you can name all 7 actors?

 

[hatophile]

Yul Bryner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaugh, Charles Bronson, the third and sixth guys I don't know, and James Coburn.

 

[Bamaboots]

I cheated. I bet Benz knew which one was Vaughn.

 

[hatophile]

I never would have gotten those other 2.

 

[hatophile]

The Wild Bunch

 

[RJR]

I cheated. I bet Benz knew which one was Vaughn.
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Great pic.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

No, I'm a big fan of Old West and Florida history though. Been to Little Bighorn, Deadwood, Doc Holliday's grave in Colorado, and Jesse James' cabin. Haven't been to Belle Starr's haunts. Someday I'd like to do a Wild West tour and maybe a Civil War battlefield tour.

I'm planning on going back again to Little Bighorn this June for the 140th anniversary. I'd like to stay out long enough to attend the mountain man rondaveu & museum at Pinedale, WY which means I'd have about 10 days to kill in between. If I pull this off I figure I'd go into Billings after Little Bighorn and go to Rand's Hatters. Could be an expensive trip!

 

[hatophile]

I'm planning on going back again to Little Bighorn this June for the 140th anniversary. I'd like to stay out long enough to attend the mountain man rondaveu & museum at Pinedale, WY which means I'd have about 10 days to kill in between. If I pull this off I figure I'd go into Billings after Little Bighorn and go to Rand's Hatters. Could be an expensive trip!

Ohhh, Rand's is nice, I have a couple of his. You may also want to go by Weather Hat Comp, in Sheridan. I have a silverbelly Mountie creased hat from there. Sounds like a fun trip!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

A friend of mine is going with me. He has never been before. His great-great uncle was Charlie Reynolds, one of the scouts for Custer. Charlie Reynolds was one of the many casualties.

When I was there before I felt such great sadness for all lives lost not only there but at Sand Creek, etc as well.

 

[alanfgag]

I knew I had seen something like this Knox straw before, it just took me four years to find it...

 

[Cattus Petasatus]

The Wild Bunch

Now that's a movie! I love the assortment of Mexican hats. Somberero's, campaign hats, wheel caps, even pith helmets.

I may have to fire up the DVR in a few minutes.

 

[Bamaboots]

"The Quick and the Dead"

 

[Moviehats]

"The Quick and the Dead"
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That's my friend Ron behind Gene Hackman on the left. Tom Hirt made these hats.

 

[Bamaboots]

That's my friend Ron behind Gene Hackman on the left. Tom Hirt made these hats.

Very cool, Moviehats. Glad I posted it.

 

[Frunobulax]

That's my friend Ron behind Gene Hackman on the left. Tom Hirt made these hats.

Did he get to keep the hat?

And hey, I like Gene Hackman and all, but...

 

[hatophile]

Leonardo has a nice hat too.