Buster Keaton hat

[ginobarracuda]

I know he wore a porkpie (grey I believe), but all the ones I see online or in the store just don't look quite the same... I dunno why..

 

[Matt Deckard]

He made his own, then when he showed his wife how the to make hat she made them. They went through several per movie.

He would take a Stetson fedora then cut down the brim, then soak it in sugar water to make it stiff and shape the hat to a low crowned pork pie. At least that is what he says he did.

 

[Matt Deckard]

http://www.busterkeaton.com/

Here. My friend Lisa makes Buster porkpie hats to the spec. with Buster's, she is a member of the Damfinos and a major Keaton fan.

 

[ginobarracuda]

Matt -

That's an incredible site! :clap

Thanks!

 

[Mr. Sable]

Buster's movie "College" is playing here in Calgary, Canada this Monday night with live organ accompaniment.

He's wearing a top hat in the poster.

 

[ginobarracuda]

I found a collection of Keaton's work "The Art of Buster Keaton" boxed set that contains all 11 features and 19 shorts and also a 3 1/2 hour extra " KEATON PLUS" It's going for $135. and I'm rather tempted..... :clap

 

[Mycroft]

Inteseting site, who is this Buster Keaton?

 

[Jack Scorpion]

I've only seen Samuel Beckett's "Film", which is probably the least Keaton of all his movies.

Artsy film, about twenty-thirty minutes long. Buster Keaton supposedly was very professional and let the director have full control, except for one thing. Keaton requested that he be allowed to wear his trademark porkpie, and the request was granted.

 

[Canadave]

a little help?

Matt,

Do you have contact info for your friend Lisa who makes the Keaton repro porkpies?

Thanks,

David

PS Your PM box is full

 

[Michael Mallory]

Who is Buster Keaton????? Why not ask who is Shakespeare?

 

[Matt Deckard]

Canadave, Email me and I will send the you inquiry to her. She is a bit besiged right now by Buster fans with hat requests and I'll need to sweet talk her a bit.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

[video=youtube;_LIucjouJPE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LIucjouJPE[/video]

 

[Nobert]

I read an anecdote once about Buster, in his later years when he was not so reckognizable. He was in Germany and in need of a new hat, so he went into a haberdasher's, picked out a likely prospect, then tore out the lining and bashed it into a flat porkpie shape before trying it on. The shop proprietor was horrified at first, until he saw Keaton in the hat, and realized who he was.

 

[Espee]

I love the scene in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (right?) where he plays a guy who doesn't wear a hat, who needs to evade the Sheriff and therefore wants to change his appearance. He stands in front of a mirror trying on hat-after-hat-after-hat-after-hat... and when he gets to "the Keaton hat" he looks mortified...