#Black man pencil mustache full#

The dog was pretty cute too.but no moustache. More recently, I've begun to have *feelings* for the charming and urbane William Powell, after watching some old Thin Man series where he sparred with Myrna Loy. Which reminds me.why don't men swashbuckle anymore? In fact, I wonder if it's even possible to be a swashbuckler without one. I just can't imagine Errol without his pencil thin moustache, so integral a part of his facial features was it.

#Black man pencil mustache full#

Someone gave me a Leading Men of Hollywood book for my birthday and when the page fell open on a full glossy print of Errol's handsome yet sensitive face, well I'm afraid George had to move out of the way. In my twenties, I discovered Errol Flynn, a fellow Australian and as elegant a rake as you'll find in a 30s film. I wondered, with a certain wistful sadness, why there weren't men like George around anymore? When I was in my late teens, George seemed to me the epitome of sophisticated good humour, helped along in no small way I'm sure, by his defining pencil thin moustache. Yes, he was a serious crush.Īfter Don, who, disloyal worshipper that I am, faded from view, I moved on to George Brent who was older and more mature but then so was I. Let's see, there was Don Ameche, who when I was eight or nine, thought was the bees knees - he was just so darn pleasant and had a great smile, as well as a carefree attitude. Pondering on this pencil thin question, it occurred to me that all the childish crushes I had on old actors (and there were a few), sported one of these archaic moustaches. It was a short but intense fad that disappeared as the decades shifted gear and so far as I'm aware, never returned again.at least not in any great numbers, though I did notice Brad Pitt had kind of one for a while. Anyone addicted to old black and white films from the 1930s will know that the pencil thin moustache was a very popular fashion accessory for the stylish male.