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It's old news, but Heston didn't wear a fedora in the Incas movie, it was an Aussie digger's hat....
That was a great read, but, I don't believe a word. 1941 a flop? Seriously! That is one funny movie.
The film cost 35 million dollars to make and brought back a domestic gross of 31 million, failing to even break even. If that's not the definition of a flop, I don't know what is. [huh] That's not to say it's an awful movie - I think retrospectively its rep has had a bit of a rehabilitation - though it's a long time since I've seen it.
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When they count profitability of a movie, when do they "quit"? I mean, The Wizard of Oz is still selling copies and I think that that last actress / actor / film worker died a decade ago??
I spoke to a person who knows about box office sales and suchlike, and she said that it rolls on for as long the film is being shown, but generally the vast majority of box office is during the initial cinematic run.
That's right because box office takings are how the Studio bosses know if the film is a success - does it make their money back with profit right away. A film that becomes a classic later is generally a failure as far as the producers are concerned.
Thanks for that interesting link.Found this info with a little googling. Made it through about half of it. No matter what the story is, it is a very iconic hat for sure.
http://www.indygear.com/igfedora.html
Thanks for that interesting link.
The Fedora Lounge was created by an Indy fanatic and Indygear stalwart, MK, as a place to further explore 1930's style clothing. Many of us ended up here after looking at Indygear.