“Hollywood Steps Out” (1941) - Tex Avery
Buster Keaton’s Recipe For His Famous Pork Pie Hats (in his own words):
PORKPIE HAT
1 Stetson Hat
3 Heaping Teaspoons of granulated sugar
1 Teacup Warm Water
Mix water and sugar. Wet the top and bottom of the brim. Smooth it out on a clean, hard surface. Allow to dry until stiff.
I did the early ones myself myself, always - and then I trained my wife.
(The first one was created in 1917 for “The Butcher’s Boy”)
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Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel when they were all at MGM Studios - Early 1930’s
Don’t even get me started on MGM and how clueless they were about these three brilliant gentlemen………
Buster Keaton, surrounded by that Talmadge family he married into! c. 1920s
Clockwise from left: Constance, Natalie, Norma and Mom Peg. His eyes are looking somewhere very far, far, far away………………………
Buster Keaton’s Recipe For His Famous Pork Pie Hats (in his own words):
“PORKPIE Hat
1 Stetson Hat
3 Heaping Teaspoons of granulated sugar
1 Teacup Warm Water
Mix water and sugar. Wet the top and bottom of the brim. Smooth it out on a clean, hard surface. Allow to dry until stiff.
I did the early ones myself myself, always - and then I trained my wife.”
(The first one was created in 1917 for “The Butcher’s Boy”)
Buster Keaton’s “The Playhouse” (1921)
Happy Birthday, Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton - (October 4th, 1895 - February 1rst, 1966). I hope you’re having cake in Heaven with Eleanor today. <3
