Saw this on Sons of Anarchy last night. Pretty good biker show on FX:
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Saw this on Sons of Anarchy last night. Pretty good biker show on FX:
http://www.cheeseinthewind.com/pics/other/soa.jpg
I seem to remember seeing Brando having a straight shave in 'On The Waterfront' (I think!) - watched a film the other night, 'Chinatown' with Jack Nicholson. There's a scene where he and another guy (who he later has a row with) are in a barbershop having a straight shave. Looked quite accurate - the lather was a bit too 'meringue' but the strops were hung from the chair backs (I've seen that many times) and the blade angles looked pretty correct too.
In the Croatian TV series "Velo misto" every episode has min. 5-10 minute scene in the old style barbershop, where mens getting in to shave, chat, or just collaborate against Nazi's :-)
It's very funny, but sadly it can't be translated - you must know that language to understand it.
"Velo misto" (1980)
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Z
Saw Breaker Morant last night. Good movie. Also has a scene where one of the men is having a straight shave.
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The Living Daylights starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond surprised me tonight when I watched it and saw that at 1:29:29 one of Bonds allies is being given a straight razor shave. Funny. I hadnt noticed it before and its right there in your face! :rolleyes:
white squall shows the shadow of a razor in the middle of it.
In Heaven Knows Mr. Alllison, Robert Mitchum shaves with a straight razor while he and Debroah Kerr are hiding out from the Japanese on a remote pacific island in WWII.
A straight razor is used as a weapon by Leatherface's brother in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
The movie October Sky has a very short barber clip in the beginning.
October Sky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amon Goethe (deathcamp commendant) and Oskar Schindler shaves in the movie Schindlers List.
Schindler's List - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If I remember correctly the blade angles was kind of off...
Dont have time to go through all 7 pages, but there is a straight in an episode of Rescue Me and the Cheifs wife trys to commit sucide with it.
Also there is a Dali film where a lady gets her eye cut out with one.
Just watched a modern-day western made for the hallmark channel called "Mail Order Bride".It has a straight razor scene that's so badly done the guy holds the razor at about 60 degrees and drags it up his face spine leading.
Just caught the original Planet of the Apes.
Charles Heston gives himself a shave at the end using a knife.
I also saw Barry Lyndon (which has previously been cited on the thread) who uses a straight towards the end of the movie as well. My wife gave me a knowing look when she saw the straight...;)
The french films about Marcel Pagnol's childhood, La Gloire mon Père (you don't really see the shave only the lathering..but we all know what goes on there) and the sequell Le Château de ma Mère (where we actually see the shave).
I bet that if I start thinking about this, I can come up with a few movies. For instance, in Key Largo, Edward G. Robinson gets a shave with a straight as he talk about his racket.
Al raz.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I'm surprised this one did not come up when The Professionals with Lee Marvin was mentioned:
In The Big Red 1, it opens with Lee Marvin shaving in the trenches during World War 1.
In a VERY brief scene from Band of Brothers (I think that was it), when the paratroopers are getting ready to board the planes for the Battle of Normandy, one trooper is shaving the hair of another in to a mohawk using a straight.
Does this count: Apocalypse Now, almost at the end during Marlin Brando's monologue, he talks about a worm(?) "crawling along the edge of a straight razor..."
And another movie where a straight is at least mentioned: Flight of the Intruder, Danny Glover renames one of pilots from "razor" to "straight razor."
Geez: do I watch enough war movies??
~Robert
Oh and I just learned oof the 1998 version of Sweeney Todd:
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) (TV)
Just watched Lawrence of Arabia. As he is crossing the dessert on his way to Accaba(?) he gets in a quick strop and shave. "That's a waste of water" says Omar Sharif's character...oh how wrong he was! Dying of thirst, or a nice straight shave? Lawrence was a man who knew his priorities!
Later in the film, as he is reporting back to headquarters he also mentions " I better have a shave.."
Caught an old Western last night "Ride Lonesome", starring Randolph Scott. Pernell Roberts has a straight shave using a bucket of water.
Good Western to boot!
i was watching an episode of seinfeld the other night and seen kramer was recieving a str8 shave at the barbershop
Actually looked up Billy Idol's Dancing With Myself and there is a guy on the couch in the video stropping a razor on linen.
I just re-watched Unforgiven. I didn't notice English Bob (Richard Harris) shaving at all. However, Munny (Eastwood's character) did shave with a straight as he was getting ready to leave for the hit.
There are two scenes in The Private Life of Henry the 8th in which King Henry (Charles Laughton) is about to be shaved by his barber with a straight. This took place in the 1500's. I question the historical accuracy of the existence of a folding straight razor in the 16th century. I could be wrong but I believe they British royalty were removing facial hair with pumice back then. Can anyoe set me straight on this?
He walked by night. Roy holds the razor in his hand as he towels off.
Al raz.
If they haven't been brought up yet:
Scarface (the original movie from 1932) there is atleast a barbershop scene in the beginning.
Hornblower episodes 4 and 6 I think have straights in them..in episode 6 even a straight jacket:D
And of course the unforgettable opening scene in Un chien andalou (An andalusian Dog) with Salvador Dali from 1929.If you are sensitive don't watch.
YouTube - Un Chien Andalou
In the war wagon, both Taw Jackson and Lomax shave with a straight.
Al raz.
2 Icedog it was Richard Harris getting the shave at the barbershop.
It's a Great Feeling
Doris Day, Gary Cooper, Ronald Reagan.
Best "Straight Razor" Titles
lots here.
Fahrenheit 451 has a scene where "the wife" gets the husband the latest thing in shaving. She gives him a str8 and tosses the electric razor in the trash.
In Gangs of New York Leonardo Dicaprio's character is watching his father shave (not Dicaprio playing it but when his character was a boy) with a straight razor, and he gives the boy his razor just before going to fight.
Not straight razor, but I was watching some old baseball clips and noticed ads for double edges on the outfield walls.
From the dead ball era about 45secs in
Coming Soon...
From the 50s
YouTube - When It Was Game I. part 4
Saw a film Today made in Japan Ronri-Gi (sp.)… anyway, a Lady was using a japanese style str8 to cut off her hair.
Al Pacino shaved by barber in Scent of A Woman
Jack Palance in City Slickers
Somebody just before being whacked in The Godfather
During the dead ball clip I saw an ad for Gem safety razors, they also made straights from 1903-1907, I am lucky enough to have a seven day set in like new condition. It was neat to see the billboard, thanks!
Edit: More ads for Gem in the clip from the 50's.
Saw V has an extended straight razor scene.
I always add to these threads Performance, in which Mick Jagger revenge shaves someone's head with a straight whilst talking about his dad who was a barber. Anything Nick Roeg directs is worth watching, right?
I think it's only on VHS at present, but worthwhile if either you like LSD trips or you want to remember what Anita Pallenberg looked like before the Hep C took its toll. Of course, I got it for the razor scene!
BTW, you can search IMDB by keyword, so here are the results for 'shaving.' Searches can be refined by other keywords as shown at the right of the page, so a search for 'shaving' refined to include only, say, 'underwear' and 'drunkenness' gives these results. Why anyone should care, I'm not sure. But it might be fun! I thought I had all of Peckinpah's westerns, but sine Major Dundee appears on the above refined search, I shall get it.
Chris
In the second season of HBO's wonderful series Deadwood, there is an episode where a Mr. Wolcott (known for his eccentric and dangerous proclivities towards prostitutes) slashes the throats of three of the camps newest "tricks" with a straight razor. Since known by certain others for these sociopathic tendencies, Mr. W nearly loses his life due to the distaste it causes Wild Bill's best friend, Charlie Utter--who ends up beating his azz in the middle of the thoroughfare! Had Mr. Wolcott not been a well-off "gentleman" in the employ of George Hearst, the famously rich prospector and geologist, his life would likely have not been spared.
Amazing episode; somewhat gory and disturbing, yet enjoyable nonetheless! Sorry to see that cute little blonde number go though...