There are a couple of great Bing Crosby threads on this site. In fact I originally discovered this site while searching for Bing pipes. I thought we needed a Fred Astaire thread too.
I am a big fan of his and I hope that I am not the only one. He did a lot of things with style and I have to include smoking a pipe. By looking at his films, it is clear that his pipe was not just a prop, but that he was a smoker.
He often smoked long straight billiards. Here in 1934:
and here in 1935:
I bought this Bentley London Chestnut 6" pipe in homage to Fred:
I also think that he may be smoking a merchant service pipe (made famous by Bing) in this 1936 film:
In looking for pipes that remind me of both Bing and Fred I discovered this Savinelli Roma 706 6.5". I have not acquired this one but I am thinking about it.
I am a big fan of his and I hope that I am not the only one. He did a lot of things with style and I have to include smoking a pipe. By looking at his films, it is clear that his pipe was not just a prop, but that he was a smoker.
He often smoked long straight billiards. Here in 1934:
and here in 1935:
I bought this Bentley London Chestnut 6" pipe in homage to Fred:
I also think that he may be smoking a merchant service pipe (made famous by Bing) in this 1936 film:
In looking for pipes that remind me of both Bing and Fred I discovered this Savinelli Roma 706 6.5". I have not acquired this one but I am thinking about it.
