Clockwork Orange Alex' Bowler Hat

Andymac84

Sr Member

• Sep 19, 2009

• #1

Hi Fellows,
The famous bowler hat was on auction:
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/4903543
now I'm wondering if anybody knows the exact inner label? The Dunn & Co. Bowler hats are often at the auction sites, but I don't know which one is the correct labelled, respectively the accurate hat?
Thanks for any help buddys:thumbsup

 

Agent RayBans

Sr Member

• Sep 19, 2009

• #2

No idea on the Label, but interesting none the less. Thanks for the link! I just watched this again the otherday with some friends, who now might be former friends

 

HAL9000

Sr Member

• Sep 19, 2009

• #3

Well, well, well, welly, welly, welly...

I dunno' but I have seen way too many of Stanley's 'so called' props
turn up recently when, in actual fact, most of them are sitting in a stable
block in St Albans, England. :unsure

 

Andymac84

Sr Member

• Sep 21, 2009

• #4

hm, too bad that there's no more informations about that hat... But I guess, if u go with the GA Dunn & Co. labelled bowler hats u can't come closer to the original. but I've seen so many different labels...its not that easy to choose...:lol

 

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Droog444

New Member

• Mar 16, 2011

• #5

If you watch the film on DVD and freeze the frame just as the bowler is knocked off Alex's head in the Derelict Casino fight scene, you will just catch a glimpse of a crimson liner. That will get you a little closer. I've seen quite a few of those liners with varying G.A. Dunn logos. They must have changed them a LOT.

 

Last edited: Sep 8, 2011

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Droog444

New Member

• Sep 8, 2011

• #6

I've since discovered that Kubrick gave poster artist Philip Castle one of at least three bowlers acquired for use in the film. Kubrick never asked for it back and Castle still has it. The Kubrick family owns another one and McDowell was gifted the third one.

 

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KAL9000

New Member

• Apr 27, 2013

• #7

I know this is..errr...old hat - if you pardon the pun. But the bowler(s) used from the film is from Austin Reed, Regent Street, London.