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Lee Van Cleef and Walter Brennan, great bad guys, great "tavern/cavern" scene.


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Why was fringe jackets popular in western movies?

About only time I've seen fringe in historical photos is on chaps.

 

[TallTallMan]

Why was fringe jackets popular in western movies?

About only time I've seen fringe in historical photos is on chaps.

Worst of all, that scene's in, like, 1840.

 

[Library Lady]

His Hollywood friends and his family said he wasn't the same after the war, he was such a professional, they say he became more dedicated to his art, but also continued his service in the Air Force reserves.

Jimmy Stewart fans might be interested in the book Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen. I have it in my list of books I want to read and can go upstairs and get for myself at work. If I recall correctly, he retired from the Air Force Reserve as a brigadier general.

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen

Even before Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart went off to war, he was a fighter, working hard to prove his passion for military avi...

www.publishersweekly.com

 

[TallTallMan]

Jimmy Stewart fans might be interested in the book Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen. I have it in my list of books I want to read and can go upstairs and get for myself at work. If I recall correctly, he retired from the Air Force Reserve as a brigadier general.

Mission: Jimmy Stewart and the Fight for Europe by Robert Matzen

Even before Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart went off to war, he was a fighter, working hard to prove his passion for military avi...

www.publishersweekly.com

You can recommend Western novels if you want, LL, since this threads for all of fictional Westerndom.

 

[archieclement]

Worst of all, that scene's in, like, 1840.

You can still buy them..and they are advertised "traditional".........when and what was the tradition?

 

[Pollaco]

You can still buy them..and they are advertised "traditional".........when and what was the tradition?



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Yeah and they ain't cheap either.

 

[TallTallMan]

You can still buy them..and they are advertised "traditional".........when and what was the tradition?



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Yeah and they ain't cheap either.

I want one. I'd like to walk around Publix in faux buckskin. I was flirting with a cashier gal there the other day. Imagine that with me lookin' like I just shot up a saloon!

 

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Think there's postwar picture of Custer with an elaborate buckskin jacket.

But he was rather a dandy, has anyone seen many historical pictures indicating it was rather common or tradition?

 

[archieclement]

Yeah and they ain't cheap either.

The one I posted is $99, if doesn't fall apart seems reasonable lol

Search fringe jacket on Amazon.

I'd have to have a big bowie knife to go with it.........

 

[Pollaco]

Doesn't Dean Martin wear one of those buckskins in Showdown?

 

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But it's like think in how many western movies squaws were in cute fringed buckskin dresses, but search historical images not common.

But most westerns weren't going to depict them topless

 

[Library Lady]

Westerns aren't exactly my genre, @PeteHale , but I have heard of a gent by the name of Zane Grey who wrote a large number of Westerns, the most famous of which is Riders of the Purple Sage. Maybe there are some new and interesting things in this list for you and the other Western fans here.

The Full List of Zane Grey Books - Western Writing

Here is the complete list of books published by Zane Grey, an American author best known for his novels and stories in the Western fiction literary genre.

www.westernwriting.com

(He also wrote baseball stories. Those books may be somewhat harder to find - at least the originals - and they can be worth some money.)

There is also Louis L'Amour who wrote many westerns. Here is a list of his books:

The Full List Of Louis L'amour Books - Western Writing

Louis Dearborn L'Amour is a famous American novelist and short story writer. Here is the list of Louis L'Amour books with summary.

www.westernwriting.com

You all already know Larry McMurtry and his Lonesome Dove series, right?

The Lonesome Dove Series

The timeless, bestselling four-part epic that began with the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove takes readers into the lives of Augustus McCrae a...

www.simonandschuster.com

I think I'm more intrigued by his nonfiction books on Custer and Indian massacres in the West.

 

[MAJOR DUNDEE]

About buckskins with fringe jackets, among the notorious users were Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill, G.A.Custer...people already famous in their own time, maybe the use of them was not that much common.

You can see some in "The mountain men" (1980) for example, fewer in "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Man in the wilderness", these films seems authentic, so fringes existed for sure.

Anyway, the fringes had to be shorter than what you can see today , wich is not pratical.

 

[Sheltowee]

About buckskins with fringe jackets, among the notorious users were Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill, G.A.Custer...people already famous in their own time, maybe the use of them was not that much common.

You can see some in "The mountain men" (1980) for example, fewer in "Jeremiah Johnson" and "Man in the wilderness", these films seems authentic, so fringes existed for sure.

Anyway, the fringes had to be shorter than what you can see today , wich is not pratical.

When did practical ever play into fashion?

 

[Sheltowee]

Think there's postwar picture of Custer with an elaborate buckskin jacket.

But he was rather a dandy, has anyone seen many historical pictures indicating it was rather common or tradition?

 

[Pollaco]

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Custer was one of the most photographed man of that Era. He had an "image" to portray.Fringe was not really that practical.Try running or walking through the woods in that get up, You are going to get tangled up.

 

[Cavalier]

I believe Buffalo Bill was photographed in a jacket with fringe.

John

 

[donna]

Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour my Dad's favorite authors. He had all their books.

 

[Pollaco]

I wore my brother's buckskin jacket years ago. If I remember it was uncomfortably heavy.

 

[Johnny Shafto]

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