Movie hats

[Granville]

Jack Nicholson in "The Raven."

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He seemed to up his hat game in Chinatown.

OUch!
Here's a palette cleanser to wash that sting out of your eyes.

 

[Woodtroll]

John Wayne's favorite hat
I think Duke liked dressing down, and whenever he could eschew the dandy, "hollywood cowboy" look he flipped the brim up and put a couple of holes in his hat. In fact, this looks like the same hat over four movies.
Hondo
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Rio Bravo
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El Dorado
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (I think this is the hat's first appearance, before he put a hole at the top of the pinch)
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“All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.”
― John Wayne

I've worn brimmed hats all my life, but I have never figured out the reason for flipping the front brim up like that. It seems to me the same as wearing a baseball cap backwards. I'd sure be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on this, as I've wondered about it for years.

 

[Who?]

I would guess that many have done it out of a desire to look like John Wayne.

 

[Woodtroll]

I would guess that many have done it out of a desire to look like John Wayne.

No doubt, but why did John Wayne do it?

 

[Granville]

I've worn brimmed hats all my life, but I have never figured out the reason for flipping the front brim up like that. It seems to me the same as wearing a baseball cap backwards. I'd sure be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on this, as I've wondered about it for years.

They think they look like this:

but they really look like this:

 

[Woodtroll]

 

[Frunobulax]

I would guess that many have done it out of a desire to look like John Wayne.

Or Cpl. Agarn.

 

[Who?]

I've worn brimmed hats all my life, but I have never figured out the reason for flipping the front brim up like that. It seems to me the same as wearing a baseball cap backwards. I'd sure be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on this, as I've wondered about it for years.

No doubt, but why did John Wayne do it?

Because it was different.

 

[T Jones]

Sam Elliott as Bill Tilghman, "You Know My Name", ...
and the real Bill Tilghman. Considered to be the last of the Old West sheriffs, by some accounts....

 

[hatophile]

Sam Elliott as Bill Tilghman, "You Know My Name", ...
and the real Bill Tilghman. Considered to be the last of the Old West sheriffs, by some accounts....

Sam Elliot can sure pull off the Old West look.

 

[T Jones]

Sam Elliot can sure pull off the Old West look.

He definitely can. He even looks like he just walked out of the old west.

 

[RBH]

I finally saw where it was Peters Bro. that did some of the hats for 1883.
With Brad Peters.

 

[Zombie_61]

I've worn brimmed hats all my life, but I have never figured out the reason for flipping the front brim up like that. It seems to me the same as wearing a baseball cap backwards. I'd sure be interested to hear anyone's thoughts on this, as I've wondered about it for years.

Easy. With the front of the brim up like that it's easier for the cameras to record the actors' faces on film, and John Wayme most certainly wanted audiences to see his face.

 

[Woodtroll]

Well, heck, that was a simple answer, and more likely than anything I came up with on my own. Thanks for the insight!

 

[Rmccamey]

Some had rather go undercover!

Easy. With the front of the brim up like that it's easier for the cameras to record the actors' faces on film, and John Wayme most certainly wanted audiences to see his face.

 

[Who?]

You can wear your hat like a man, or like a movie star.

 

[dkstott]

Well, heck, that was a simple answer, and more likely than anything I came up with on my own. Thanks for the insight!

And there's Bogart changing his appearance

 

[BobHufford]

Nicolas Cage's "Perfectly Balanced Hat" in the upcoming "The Old Way".

“I loved it. I mean, I grew up watching [them]. My favorite Western performance is Charles Bronson [as Harmonica] in Once Upon a Time in the West. That's one of my favorite movies ever made, really, if not my favorite. And he was able to do so much with so little on that. There was just a majesty to his quietude, and a spookiness to his quietude. I wanted to try to [pay] homage to that, or get as close to that as I possibly could. I don't know if I did or not. Because he was quite remarkable at that. But it was always on my mind, his performance in that. It felt great. I mean, I even modeled the hat after his hat in that movie. It had to be perfectly balanced. I didn't wanna [have] one of those stupid 10-gallon cowboy hats.”

The inspiration:

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

A hat has voice, says quite much about a man, mostly his life purpose. Of course back when, even now a man's headgear can be necessary kit. A wide brim keeps eyesight clear from blinding sun and a soulless bullet, while a cut height measure similar to a tapered pistol or rifle barrel lowers profile silhouette. Less hat, less target.
Bronson even bareheaded owned deliberate intent and cruel eyed voice. In Hard Times he wore a Depression
era workingman's cap, a simple beater with nonchalance but looked a crown. A two fisted ringer boxing cruel times to a draw and his cap topped it all, spoke volumes. If you ever have the chance for Hard Times take it.

 

[RBH]

Bogie did it best!!!

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre