Pipe Sighting at the Movies
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Much better! Thanks. However, I wonder if Coop is setting there wondering if he can use that earpiece as tamp for his pipe....
In my 5,000th watching of Urban Cowboy, I noticed Uncle Bob, Barry Corbin smoking a pipe. Did some searching and found the b/w which may be a headshot and not from a movie.
The Murder She Wrote episode was J.B. as in Jailbird. John Rhys Davies plays Lancaster ... former MI-6 Station chief in Kenya now exiled to California. In one of the opening scenes he load what appears to be a Dunhill shell briar Zulu with Sir Walter Raleigh from a new can on the desk (he opens it). In a subsequent scene he smoke SWR in what appears to be an Acorn shaped pipe with a triangular shank and a Lovat stem with a silver band. Later on he smokes a bulldog or rhodesian and has the can of Granger on his desk.
The episode is rated 7.2 by fans.
In Rocketman, the Elton John flick, his dad is holding a pipe in the living room in a scene. Funny how you being to notice these things.
Speaking of Sherlock Holmes, this suave dude is William Gillette who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1916 silent movie an played him over 1,300 times on the stage.
First illustrations of Holmes in literature featured the character with a straight pipe, but Gillette introduced the bent briar pipe to Holmes most likely so that he could pronounce his lines more easily; a straight pipe can wiggle or fall when speaking, or cause problems with delivering lines while it is clenched between the teeth. It also allowed a more clear view of his face.
Gillette's "castle" is open to the public in Hadlyme, CT and is really a sight to be seen. My daughter was doing a research project on our town 10+ years ago and we found his grave in our hometown only a mile or so from our house.
First illustrations of Holmes in literature featured the character with a straight pipe, but Gillette introduced the bent briar pipe to Holmes most likely so that he could pronounce his lines more easily; a straight pipe can wiggle or fall when speaking, or cause problems with delivering lines while it is clenched between the teeth. It also allowed a more clear view of his face.
Gillette's "castle" is open to the public in Hadlyme, CT and is really a sight to be seen. My daughter was doing a research project on our town 10+ years ago and we found his grave in our hometown only a mile or so from our house.
During the Murdock Mysteries, my latest murder mystery binge show, I’ve seen the same Pete’s with gold band half a dozen times in 5 seasons, smoked by various characters and the last time the bowl was angled and you could clearly see the pipe was brand new never smoked 
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Also saw this in an episode.
. Also saw this in an episode.
Indeed it is! Must be five pounds of silk. A serious smoking rig.
Same pipe finally smokes on Murdock Mysteries! I’m assuming they have multiples some for actors that smoke and some for those that don’t.
Also a rough and tumble dock worker in Newfoundland smoking a Pete’s with a gold band
Also a rough and tumble dock worker in Newfoundland smoking a Pete’s with a gold band
The Package starring Tommy Lee Jones and Gene Hackman, you can guess this is one of Jones pipes it’s very well smoked and he actually smokes it in the scene, it’s a prop for his disguise, seems like something he would have added personally.
