Clothing accessory that can take many forms, some hats have become inseparable from their owner. Can you recognize these eight movie scenes where you can see headgear?
In the history of cinema, certain actors and actresses, or certain fictional characters have become inseparable from this clothing accessory which alone can confer a singularity and an identity specific to the wearer: the hat.
The first of them appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century during the era of silent cinema, we are of course talking about the inimitable Charlot, a character created and embodied by Charlie Chaplin.
Because in addition to his famous mustache and his twirling cane, this vagabond clown also had as a distinctive sign his eternal bowler hat. A hat that could even sometimes become the subject of certain gags like in The Pilgrim when the latter ends up on the actor’s plate instead of the expected cake.
Another hat that became cult, in the 1960s this time, the bowler hat worn by John Steed, which went so far as to appear in the very title of the series Chapeau melon et original title being The Avengers). A hat immortalized by actor Patrick Macnee throughout the 159 episodes of the television series, then taken over by Ralph Fiennes for the cinema version released in 1998.
And finally, when we think of hats and cinema, we cannot fail to mention the one that remains perhaps the most mythical of all, the iconic fedora by archaeologist Indiana Jones, worn on the screen at four covers by Harrison Ford. The felt hat that the actor will put on one last time for the fifth installment of the saga The Dial of Destiny, which is scheduled for release on June 28.
It is therefore a quiz 100% hats that we offer you today with some of the most famous specimens of cinema.