Pipe Sighting at the Movies

[VDL_Piper]

Hell, I know that movie by heart, frame for frame, but now I can't think of who smoked a pipe

Now I'll have to go back and watch it again too but if my memory is correct and the alzheimers has completely taken hold its the courtroom scene at the end.

 

[Hillcrest]

The old BBC mini-series Wives and Daughters based on an 1865 novel in the style (poorly) of Jane Austin, has a scene where Roger, the grant winning entomologist, returns from Africa from a trip for the Historical Society, and visits his father, the Squire. They enjoy pipes and brandy and talk of women before the fireplace. The pipes are small bowled churchwardens like the Peterson Carrolton series. Michael Gambon (Maigret) plays the squire. The actor who played Roger later plays Foyle's assistant Sgt. Milner in Foyle's War.

 

[Uguccione]

In any case, if an actor isn't a pipe smoker in real life, you can tell right away: in the movie everyone always looks thoughtful or serious, or one of barely concealed superiority. Some then feign a nonchalance, a naturalness of gesture, which in reality they don't have, because it's clear that they don't know how to hold the pipe in their mouth.
I think I could find out (like many of you, I imagine), 9 times out of 10, no matter how good an actor is, whether he is a pipe smoker in real life or not.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

In any case, if an actor isn't a pipe smoker in real life, you can tell right away: in the movie everyone always looks thoughtful or serious, or one of barely concealed superiority. Some then feign a nonchalance, a naturalness of gesture, which in reality they don't have, because it's clear that they don't know how to hold the pipe in their mouth.
I think I could find out (like many of you, I imagine), 9 times out of 10, no matter how good an actor is, whether he is a pipe smoker in real life or not.

I can't really blame the actor. It's not exactly something you can just pick up. I imagine there aren't many actors that are going to dedicate themselves to learning pipe smoking just to appease a bunch of grumblers on the internet.

I know Michael Gladis on Mad Men is actually a pipe smoker and used his own pipes for the show. I also thought Willem Dafoe did a good job clenching clays in The Lighthouse.

 

[johnscs]

Sorry if I'm duplicating, but I just watched Asteroid City on a flight. Starring role played by Jason Schwartzman:



Thoroughly enjoyed the movie, which I would have liked even if I didn't need a little entertainment on a really long flight.

 

[Searock Fan]

HINDENBURG: THE COVERUP. Dr. Hugo Eckener smoking hid Dunhill.

 

[Searock Fan]

"his Dunhill". Duh!

 

[BriarLinedMeer]

Some new horror film called "The Gates"

 

[VDL_Piper]

I've just started to rewatch Lonesome Dove, watched it way back in 85' when it was released. First episode shows a younger Robert Duvall smoking a straight diamond shanked bulldog meerschaum. Great old mini series if you like this sort of thing and a fabulous all start cast to boot!

 

[grand wazoo]

Just saw an oldy on TCM, Racing Lady with Ann Devorak, 1937. Harry Carey played her father. Harry was a true pipe smoker! never without a pipe in hand or near, either loading or cleaning ,and lighting up in almost every movie I've seen him in.

 

[bpinkstaff]

I worked on the upcoming Oppenheimer movie (or did it come out) spent a lot of time identifying his pipes, locating vintage models, getting multiples of those and staining, stressing them to be alike. Findin triplicates of each, etc.

Unfortunately, I had to back out due to family health issues at the time but I’ll say the prop department and prop master I dealt with only was very serious about pipe accuracy and there are plenty in this movie. I’m bummed I didn’t get to complete it and not sure who is now but it’ll be a great pipe spotting movie to watch.

Very cool

Errol Flynn was so cool he’d smoke his pipe while out on the courts.

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for sure cool and cool movie

 

[troutface]

Everyone's favorite hitman, or at least mine.

 

[dingdong]

Jack Palance Africa Express
Look like a Peterson?
I saw a documentary with Allen Dulles holding a pipe during an interview.

there is a blog on the famous pipe smokers
Famous Pipe Smokers - https://josephcrusejohnson.blogspot.com/ probably already well known here..

 

[AroEnglish]

Jack Palance Africa Express
Look like a Peterson?
I saw a documentary with Allen Dulles holding a pipe during an interview.

there is a blog on the famous pipe smokers
Famous Pipe Smokers - https://josephcrusejohnson.blogspot.com/ probably already well known here..

Yeah definitely looks like a 309.

 

[Sigmund]

Not a movie but the witch on the Netflix Dead boy Detectives was smoking a pipe. I was suprised to see that on a new tv show. I cant say I really recommend the series. It looked like a cheapo pipe prop but there was smoke coming out of it. No idea if it was post production smoke or not.

 

[Shylock_Homeless]

How about a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes (1979)?

 

[anotherbob]

Just watched two Stanley Kubrick movies. Barry Lyndon and The Killing. Two scenes with clay pipes in Barry. And the Killing had a few in the crowd scenes.

 

[K.E. Powell]

I watched again Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" and noticed several instances of background actors smoking clays. Not sure how I missed it the first time around.

 

[Searock Fan]

How about a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes (1979)?
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Something about a Soviet Sherlock just doesn't seem right. Sherlock is all about "thinking" and that was not approved of in Soviet Russia....

 

[Shylock_Homeless]

Another Soviet "British style" movie - Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1979). The actor was a pipe smoker in real life.