Fedoras in Films Not Involving A Bull Whip.
Fedoras in Films Not Involving A Bull Whip.
Robert Mitchum in the 1975 film "Farewell My Lovely".
Both of these films are noir(ish) in nature. "Tokyo Joe" did not have the noir camera angles but it did have the obligatory "Man on a mission" and "Man alone" elements of noir. Interesting film that addresses several issues of late 1940s geopolitics and it's got Bogey. "Farewell My Lovely" can be considered neo-noir, at least as close to it as the 1970s would allow. In my opinion Mitchum does a very good Philip Marlowe. I believe that it is a film worth an hour and thirty five minutes of your time if you can catch it on cable.
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Two of my all time favorite movies. Tokyo Joe was actually the reason I decided to begin wearing a fedora. And I recently bought Lovely on DVD. It doesn't hurt that Jimmy Stewart has a small part, and he's one of my real life heroes.
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I admit that I have never seen all of Tokyo Joe. Every time it has come on I catch it at the end and I have not found it on DVD. Perhaps one day soon.
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No film was ever hurt by a little touch of Jimmy Stewart.Blackthorn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:02 pmTwo of my all time favorite movies. Tokyo Joe was actually the reason I decided to begin wearing a fedora. And I recently bought Lovely on DVD. It doesn't hurt that Jimmy Stewart has a small part, and he's one of my real life heroes.
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In my opinion it is worth the time spent watching it. I will admit that there is one scene that as a pilot and lover of aircraft breaks my heart but still worth a look.The Oracle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:07 amI admit that I have never seen all of Tokyo Joe. Every time it has come on I catch it at the end and I have not found it on DVD. Perhaps one day soon.
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This film is of course, "It Happened One Night". Not only does Gable look dapper in a fedora but the hat helps convey emotion almost as well as the expression on his face. Tilt the lid one way he is relaxed, tilt it another he is confused, a third way he is angry and so on.
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This is of course William Powell as the ever dapper and tippling detective Nick Charles. The "Thin Man" and the subsequent sequels typify to me the charm of the Fedora Era.
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I just recently loaned out my DVD copies of the entire Thin Man series. I both like and hate doing that; I enjoy introducing other people to the magical chemistry that is William Powell and Myrna Loy but talking about it always makes me want to watch it again.
To my knowledge, this was the first movie series to go beyond just a sequel. I have no way of knowing that is correct or not. Does anyone know?
To my knowledge, this was the first movie series to go beyond just a sequel. I have no way of knowing that is correct or not. Does anyone know?
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I could be wrong about this but I remember something from an old Cinema class that the first to series of films was a run of "Sherlock Holmes" silent films form 1908-1910 in Denmark(?). Of course these were probably what we would consider shorts today.Cousi wrote: ↑Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:29 pmI just recently loaned out my DVD copies of the entire Thin Man series. I both like and hate doing that; I enjoy introducing other people to the magical chemistry that is William Powell and Myrna Loy but talking about it always makes me want to watch it again.
To my knowledge, this was the first movie series to go beyond just a sequel. I have no way of knowing that is correct or not. Does anyone know?
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That would make sense. Serials became popular in the 30s and 40s if I recall.