The Fedoras of Gary Cooper

[CitizenGenet]

I've been thinking about having a fedora custom made for me based upon the one worn by Gary Cooper in The Fountainhead. This got me thinking: what other fedora has he worn in his career?

1931: City Streets

1932: Devil and the Deep

1936

1938

1941: Meet John Doe

[video=youtube;6Drq_-Fmwzc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Drq_-Fmwzc&feature=related[/video]

 

[CitizenGenet]

1943: For Whom the Bell Tolls

1949: The Fountainhead

[video=youtube;2h2ZixoCCWI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h2ZixoCCWI[/video]

1958: Ten North Frederick

1959

1961

Miscellaneous, undated

 

[alanfgag]

Great collection of photos... Gary Cooper wore hats beautifully. In one of my all time favorites he wore a NY Yankees baseball cap.

 

[jlee562]

Not a fedora, but from a great Gary Cooper film:

 

[monbla256]

Funny thing, but the hat he wore in "High Noon" is the hat I most associate with him! I don't recall the others when I think of him, but then it's THAT movie that I most associate with him But he did wear Fedoras VERY well

 

[danofarlington]

Funny thing, but the hat he wore in "High Noon" is the hat I most associate with him! I don't recall the others when I think of him, but then it's THAT movie that I most associate with him But he did wear Fedoras VERY well

The Harrison Ford of his day, I guess.

 

[The Good]

The Harrison Ford of his day, I guess.

Ironically, his outfits from For Whom the Bells Toll and High Noon supposedly inspired those of two iconic Harrison Ford characters. I agree though, he wore hats quite well, but the one I most associate with him is his western hat in High Noon.

 

[DanielJones]

Cloak and Dagger

Love in the Afternoon

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Great tie too.

Sergeant York

Cheers!

Dan

 

[alanfgag]

with Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees

 

[Sam Craig]

There's a line in Puttin' on the Ritz ... "tryin awful hard to look like Gary Cooper, Super Duper!"
On and off the screen, he was a classy looking guy.
I recently restored and converted an old Stetson western, rebuilding it to look like the tall crown, narrow brim fedora that Cooper and Cagney sported in the 30s. It ended up looking a lot like the Meet John Doe fedora.
As Lili Von Shtüpp once said: "Gee, what a swell guy!"

Sam

 

[Tomasso]

This is his overall best look, IMO.....

 

[Jedwbpm]

He seemed to like very wide hat bands

Jeff

 

[CitizenGenet]

Anyone know who made his hats? We know, for example, Bing Crosby patronized Dobbs. Do we know who Cooper preferred? Or does it look as if they're all custom made designs?

 

[scottyrocks]

This is his overall best look, IMO.....

Absolutely. He looks a little like Mario!