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LEFT TO RIGHT, STANDING: Ted Hinton, Prentiss Oakley and B.M. "Maney" Gault
SITTING: Bob Alcorn, Henderson Jordan and Frank Hamer
 
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A few color photos from the set of The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre.

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These put a different perspective on the whole thing.

I think many of us think of everything in B&W films as being black and white, at least as while we are watching and being absorbed in them. I never even conceive there being color when I'm watching them. It's part of what makes them 'GE.'

These photos look like they were taken in a different time, or even world, because that world was black and white to most of us.

Very interesting. I can't stop looking at them.
 

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I just watched The Untouchables again and I find my self thinking during the movie that Costner needs to pull his Fedora down. I didn't like the way he wore it on the back of his head through the entire movie. :mad:
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I've always liked the perceived accuracy of the clothing in this movie, especially for the time it was made.

If one didn't know better, you might think that it was a color shot from an old B&W film, as RBH posted from Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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But it's not a GE era-made film, so psychologically, even in B&W, it's not perceived the way a Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, or Treasure of the Sierra Madre, for example, are.
 

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I've always liked the perceived accuracy of the clothing in this movie, especially for the time it was made.

If one didn't know better, you might think that it was a color shot from an old B&W film, as RBH posted from Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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But it's not a GE era-made film, so psychologically, even in B&W, it's not perceived the way a Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, or Treasure of the Sierra Madre, for example, are.

One thing that caught my eye about this movie was that the brims on many, if not most, of the hats had their brims snapped down front and back, or maybe they are just flatter brims? At any rate, there weren't as many with brims snapped up in back, but they still looked pretty dressy...
 

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One thing that caught my eye about this movie was that the brims on many, if not most, of the hats had their brims snapped down front and back, or maybe they are just flatter brims? At any rate, there weren't as many with brims snapped up in back, but they still looked pretty dressy...

It appears to be mostly Charles Martin Smith, as well as the guy who played Nitti. Mostly everyone else is rear brim up, at least the principals - Costner and Garcia, as well as DeNiro.

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It appears to be mostly Charles Martin Smith, as well as the guy who played Nitti. Mostly everyone else is rear brim up, at least the principals - Costner and Garcia, as well as DeNiro.

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Well, judging by the pictures you’re obviously right. I would have bet good money that the hats of Costner and the young sidekick (Garcia?) were down in the back also. Maybe I had that impression because Costner keeps his pushed so far back on his head. Thanks for pointing this out.

I’ll use “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this movie “ as an excuse. ;)
 

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