Spellflower said:Airforce Indy, it's true that the hat used in the movie was the Poet, but it was my impression that this was a 1980's HJ, not a 1930's one. It would make sense that they would choose a hat that was in production so they could get enough to use and abuse. I know Art has questioned the appropriateness of this style for the period, commenting that it looks more like a 40s hat than a 30's one.
I wonder what hat IJ would have "really" worn? Was the Poet even a real option for an American in the 30's? Did it exist as a style?
I was under the impression, for some reason, that the protype hat had actually been purchased by the actor prior to filming. Obviously they would have had to have more than one.
I don't want to be too hard on the films. I really like them. It's the association with these films alone, in connection with the hat, that's a bit irritating. But I guess that shows how successful the films are.
On the style, that's an interesting comment. I didn't realize that this style would have been more identifiably for the 40s as opposed to the 30s.
This relates to another thread, in which the television series, "The Young Indiana Jones" is discussed, as a Fedora is used for the same character but in the teens and Twenties. When did the general style of hat we call the Fedora (as opposed to earlier hats which might have been called that, but which would have been somewhat different), actually appear?