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    T&H Hats

    Whatever happened to Tim Bender? I have a half dozen very nice hats that he made and now can't find him except for a ghost Facebook page. I hope 'ghost' isn't the operative term....
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    First TV show you ever watched (and can recall)

    My earliest TV memory was a local morning variety show called 'The Paul Dixon Show', about 1956. I was 3. Of course I remember seeing the annual broadcast of The Wizard of Oz and those flying monkeys scared the poop out of me until my teens.
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    Obscure Treasure: The Hitler Gang DVD

    Has anyone else seen this? I saw a reference to it on some forum thread and took a dare that Amazon might have it and it did. The forum comment said the vintage propoganda movie (circa 1944?) was not great acting but the resemblences of the actors to their contemporary counterparts was...
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    The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo-An Unnecessary Remake?

    Is the commercial challenge of subtitled movies the only reason for doing this? I am a slack-jawed Yank but 5 minutes into the Swedish version, you forget the subtitles. What could be better than these original productions, set in Sweden and spoken in ....wait for it....Swedish? These...
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    Peterman Sale

    This may belong in a different forum, so moderators, do your stuff, and I am not shilling for this vendor. Anyone check out some of their offerings like the double breasted herringbone tweed blazer and the San Fancisco blazers? These look very '30's and are priced right. I have the db tweed...
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    Corbin Blazer

    Need a new blazer, well probably 2, one for warm seasons, one for colder. I've looked at Southwick, HS&M Golden Trumpeter and O'Connell's (like the doeskin for cold weather). Dann offers maybe too many choices but the Corbin ones seem like a good compromise between cost and quality. Has...
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    The Third Man: Chutes and Ladders

    Has anyone else noticed that Holly Martins walks under a ladder in the scene after his arrival in Vienna? That's bad luck in the U-S-of-A and certainly portends what's to become of him in the movie. Could Carrol Reed have been that sly? (Well, yes of course he could have but does anyone else...
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    Frankly Franco

    This is a bit off the beaten, but thought some Loungers might know the answer. I am getting together a display of the uniforms of Franco and one of his principal antagonists, Republican general Jose Miaja Menant. Many photos of Franco show a small round embroidered badge on his lower left...
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    Mannequin masks

    It can be expensive and frustrating to try to find a mannequin or a mask or head bust to resemble a particular subject. Indiana Jones, for example. There is a source for high quality foam latex masks that may help, at a reasonable cost. www.greylandfilm.com may be known to you already. Some...
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    Webley Mark VI replica

    WW2 British officer's impressions and displays and of course, Indiana Jones displays need a good Webley Mark IV. Until now, there haven't been any good metal replicas except originals which cost dear. (I know because I bought one!). www.keystonearsenal.com has just introduced full metal...
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    "The Panic Is On" DVD and CD on The Great Depression

    Anyone else have "The Panic Is On", the DVD and CD compilation by 'Shanachie.com'? Just got it after an Amazon search for 'Depression movies' and it captures an essence of the era, especially the CD. What great selections! Mind, I am grateful my judgement of 'an essence' is based on reading...
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    Pearl Harbor Day movies

    Anyone going to watch 'Tora, Tora, Tora" this weekend or tomorrow? (Notice I didn't reference the middling "Pearl Harbor' effort of Mr. Affleck) Or, are these movies politically inconvenient, never mind their artistic merits or lack thereof? By the way, I still like 'The Winds of War' and...
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    Bloody Mary with a Beer Chaser

    Anyone else love this combination? Yes, it's a signpost on the way to a twelve-step program, but I love the taste. Ever try it?
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    Jeremy Brett-Sherlock Holmes Top Hat-How Tall?

    I started an identical thread in 'hats' but evidently there are no Holmes fans reading it. Here's something useless: How tall was Jeremy Brett's top hat worn in his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes? (The defining characterization, for many of us). In some shots it looks relatively short, perhaps...
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    Jeremy Brett's "Holmes" top hat-How Tall?

    Here's something useless: How tall was Jeremy Brett's top hat worn in his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes? (The defining characterization, for many of us). In some shots it looks relatively short, perhaps less than 6". Anyone know?
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    FIX A TOP HAT BRIM?

    Am I right to suppose that it is unwise to use steam to restore the 'curl' to a top hat brim that has gone flat? I imagine that the steam will fatally weaken the shellacked buckram or pasteboard brim 'core' within, and/or weaken the glue that holds the silk plush to the brim? Has anyone tried...
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    Costumes: Public Enemies vs "Dillinger" with Warren Oates

    Which has better (accurate) costumes? I watched "Dillinger" recently and thought the costuming was pretty good. Some of the 'extras', particularly the police, had ill-fitting visor hats, and what on earth are the 'gang' doing wearing straw boaters with winter overcoats? But on the whole, not...
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    The perfect movie

    Are any other Lounges as enamoured of "The Third Man" as I am? I believe it is the perfect movie. So wonderful an evocation of a romantic time and place... and wonderful clothes. What do you think?
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    Top Hat Crown Height?

    I posed this question in the current top hat thread but I fear it is buried so I'll start one: Does anyone have information about the heights of top hats during different time periods? Very early photos, 1840s-50's, show very tall toppers, perhaps as tall as 8" or so. Twentieth Century top hats...
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    Sharp Dressed Man

    I can't find anything specifically on this but if there's a thread, just send me there. Trouser creases. I hate to lose them. When I commute in the rain or snow and they wilt, even with modern treated wools and blends. I hate it: you look like a bum! I understand creased trousers became...

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