Monday, May 31, 2010

Charlie Chan in Panama and with Panama Hats

Do you know a movie that has Panama hats everywhere in the entire film? You would say there are quite a lot of movies with the Panama hats worn by many actors. However, there is one classic movie, which is famously known for the Panama hats.

In the movie, “Charlie Chan in Panama”, the Panama hat are adorn by the actors all through the movie. The protagonist, Charlie Chan stars as a police detective posing as a Panama hat purveyor, Fu Yuen. In the movie, Charlie Chan is an undercover agent of the US government, posing as a Panama hat dealer.

The film is action packed with lots of Panama straw hats. The film is center in Panama. To make the idea that everything is held in Panama all along, many artists wore the Panama straw hats in abundant. The Panama hats did make a strong presence with the protagonist, Charlie Chan wearing the straw hat throughout the movie. The shop run by Charlie Chan is named "FU YUEN PANAMA HATS”.

One of the signature parts of Charlie Chan’s outfit was the Panama straw hat. Fully logical as he was playing a part of a Panama straw-hat dealer in the movie. The Colonial Panama hat style, also known as Optimo, is often associated with the movie character Charlie Chan. Throughout the movie, you can see the Optimo Panama straw hat adorn by Charlie Chan. The Colonial is a classic Panama hat style, which originated as consequences of people rolling up the hat and the result is a crease on the center of the crown.

The Colonial may be Charlie Chan’s favorite but there were other Panama hat style worn in the movie like the Panama Fedora Hat, the cowboy style and much more. This film is a truly one movie where people can see many Panama straw hat models.

1 comment:

  1. Panama hats are popular from long time in Europe and Western Countries. There are number of artist and other celebrities love to wear this hats.

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