Style Icons in Films - Please share some of your favorites.

[theoldesouth]

Have seen and enjoyed it, too, Hristo.

By the way, I'd like to again encourage you folks to, if you haven't already, watch Astaire's The Pleasure of His Company. His comfortable, casual and elegant style is repeatedly on display. In colour. It's available for viewing on Amazon.com.

[raykalendek]

I seem to remember another LL member long ago making reference to Ray Milland as an often overlooked but most stylish man. I've always found him to be so, from my first memory of him in the role of Roderick Fitzgerald in the film 'The Uninvited' (1944), when I was first privileged to see it many decades ago. For those of you who've seen this film, the suit to which I refer (please forgive me) of a rich and substantial dark blue fabric that, possibly a wool/mohair blend or a flannel, draped as well as anyone could possibly hope for and conferred on the man a most impressive self-confidence and disarming insouciance. It informed my sense of how I would wish to dress, were it within my grasp. It is exactly this subtle elegance that I've these many decades courted. While I fear I've fallen rather short of the mark, I've never let discouragement undermine my quest. The
LL has, certainly, helped me to get closer than I might have otherwise. http://acertaincinema.com/media-tags/ra ... nd/page/2/

[theoldesouth]

'The Uninvited,' got it. Will make a point of watching it, thanks R.

Reply (and link) much appreciated.

[Melcombe]

Dial M for Murder



L to R

Ray Milland
Robert Cummings
John Williams

Ray Milland is wearing a patch pocket grey tweed coat in much of the film - othewise the wardrobe dept was ringing the changes with some thoroughly conservative examples of 1950s apparel, albeit nicely cut.

[raykalendek]

Dial M for Murder, an excellent film. And John Williams, Hughson in To Catch a Thief, has always been for me a favorite supporting actor. It's oddly incomprehensible, at least to me, how dress that 60 or 70 years ago seemed so sartorially quick, fluent, and easy now taxes our wits. Gentlemen, groups such as ours, rare though they've become, are the last oases left in the deserts of male elegance. At all costs we must conspire to keep the faith.

[Melcombe]

Dial M for Murder, an excellent film. And John Williams, Hughson in To Catch a Thief, has always been for me a favorite supporting actor. It's oddly incomprehensible, at least to me, how dress that 60 or 70 years ago seemed so sartorially quick, fluent, and easy now taxes our wits. Gentlemen, groups such as ours, rare though they've become, are the last oases left in the deserts of male elegance. At all costs we must conspire to keep the faith.

Invitation to conspire gratefully received.

Ray Milland was my father's cousin. I love seeing him in (his better) films as his bearing and profile do remind me of Dad.

I regret very much that "Uncle Ray" didn't bequeath his wardrobe to this side of the family. Or anything else for that matter. We never actually met him - I suppose that's why!

[theoldesouth]

Will have to re-watch Dial M, and look for the sartorial details mentioned!

And, agreed, I too admired John Williams' sartorial style in To Catch a Thief. Not to mention Cary's...

Thank you, gentlemen.

[Bwooster]

Walter Matthau’s wardrobe in A New Leaf inspired me to resuscitate this thread. His suits are extraordinarily well cut, his apartment extremely tasteful (spotted both a Philip Guston and Jules Olitski on his walls), and the film manages to tick a lot of other boxes too: hysterical and clever writing, great acting, classic Ferraris, and a prerequisite witty valet. Highly recommend it!

[theoldesouth]

Thanks, Bwooster. Sorry for the much delayed acknowledgement.

Will watch it again, mindful of your observations.

Cheers

[pur_sang]

I guess it says a lot that no one mentioned anyone under 40, or 50... did anyone mention anyone that is not dead?