suejeanne Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 "Born Yesterday" was on TCM today - seeing it again reminded me to look for information about that bathrobe that Broderick Crawford wore in the movie - very sharp! Does anyone know about that bathrobe? Was it Broderick Crawford's own personal bathrobe? Who was the designer? Did it spark any imitations back at that time, in 1950? Seems to me that lots of gals would be looking for that robe to give to their hubbies . . . and would again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have a pretty good idea that I would shun anything sweaty that BC would have worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have a pretty good idea that I would shun anything sweaty that BC would have worn. Yeah but I think she's admiring a bathrobe not a sweaty man wearing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I have a pretty good idea that I would shun anything sweaty that BC would have worn. I would shun anything sweaty that ANYONE had worn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think that Brod got that robe from Oleg Cassini, it was for his wife Gene Tierney but was sized a little too big for her . I can honestly say that having watched every episode of HIGHWAY PATROL multiple times I never saw Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) wearing a bathrobe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I think that Brod got that robe from Oleg Cassini, it was for his wife Gene Tierney but was sized a little too big for her . I can honestly say that having watched every episode of HIGHWAY PATROL multiple times I never saw Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford) wearing a bathrobe. A bathrobe, especially one worn wide open in front, wouldn't have given him much credibility on the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepclassic Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I can't say I'm interested in Broderick Crawford's bathrobe as much as I am interested in Broderick Crawford's Oscar and how no one outside of classic film communities throughout the country and the world knows who he is. Judy Holliday for that matter too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Anyone got hypnotized by Crawford wearing this thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hepclassic Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Can't say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I would bet it's a creation of Columbia's wardrobe maven Jean Louis. My favorite is Jack Lemmon's candystripe bathrobe in HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet0312 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Anyone got hypnotized by Crawford wearing this thing? It would make a nice test pattern. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 This deserves an award for Best Thread Title of the Year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I've never been a big bathrobe guy. I consider it an unnecessary, and showy, article of clothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I've never been a big bathrobe guy. I consider it an unnecessary, and showy, article of clothing. I'm not sure that is really a bathrobe, as in a rope that is worn when one exists a shower or bath but doesn't wear outside of their bedroom \ bath room area. My wife uses a bathrobe instead of towels. She said this was common in Italy because in places that are not well heated (e.g. don't have central heating like her parents home in Italy). To me Crawford's robe looks like the type one would wear over their pajamas instead of over their naked body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I love the title of this thread. It makes me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Anyone got hypnotized by Crawford wearing this thing? think they used to call 'em 'dressing gowns'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primosprimos Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I've never been a big bathrobe guy. I consider it an unnecessary, and showy, article of clothing. You never stole one from the Waldorf Astoria? Darn it, neither did I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I've never been a big bathrobe guy. I consider it an unnecessary, and showy, article of clothing. What's wrong with going "au natural" after a shower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 What's wrong with going "au natural" after a shower? I explained this already. It isn't a case of being 'wrong' but being COLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Forget Broderick Crawford's smelly old bathrobe. For just $350 USD you can get a replica Orson Welles bathrobe and help fund the completion of his last film The Other Side of the Wind. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/finish-orson-welles-last-film/contributions/new/#/contribute?perk_amt=350&perk_id=2831136 Does that mean in comes only in Orson Welles' size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Forget Broderick Crawford's smelly old bathrobe. For just $350 USD you can get a replica Orson Welles bathrobe and help fund the completion of his last film The Other Side of the Wind. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/finish-orson-welles-last-film/contributions/new/#/contribute?perk_amt=350&perk_id=2831136 Does that mean in comes only in Orson Welles' size? At least this purchase supports a worthy cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I explained this already. It isn't a case of being 'wrong' but being COLD. ..so there is nothing wrong with showing your privates to all the females in the vicinity, but, damn it, you're cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 ..so there is nothing wrong with showing your privates to all the females in the vicinity, but, damn it, you're cold. Depends who the females in the vicinity are. Since I'm buff they love to see me in the buff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Forget Broderick Crawford's smelly old bathrobe. For just $350 USD you can get a replica Orson Welles bathrobe and help fund the completion of his last film The Other Side of the Wind. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/finish-orson-welles-last-film/contributions/new/#/contribute?perk_amt=350&perk_id=2831136 Does that mean in comes only in Orson Welles' size? The limited.edition Tor Johnson bathrobe is fetching small fortune on ebay as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 The limited.edition Tor Johnson bathrobe is fetching small fortune on ebay as we speak. How crusty is it, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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