page_title: Toothbrush moustache
hierarchical_section_title: Toothbrush moustache
caption_attribution_description: English: Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces - cropped screenshot
context_page_description: The toothbrush moustache is a moustache style. The sides of the moustache are vertical rather than tapered, giving the moustache hairs the appearance of toothbrush bristles that are attached to the nose. It was made famous by such comedians as Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy. The style first became popular in the United States in the late 19th century—from there it spread to Germany and elsewhere—reaching a height of popularity in the inter-war years, before becoming unfashionable after World War II due to its association with German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
  Other names for this style of moustache include: the Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, 1/3 and philtrum moustache.
context_section_description: The toothbrush moustache is a moustache style. The sides of the moustache are vertical (or nearly vertical) rather than tapered, giving the moustache hairs the appearance of toothbrush bristles that are attached to the nose. It was made famous by such comedians as Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy. The style first became popular in the United States in the late 19th century—from there it spread to Germany and elsewhere—reaching a height of popularity in the inter-war years, before becoming unfashionable after World War II due to its association with German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
  Other names for this style of moustache include: the Hitler, Charlie Chaplin, 1/3 and philtrum moustache.
caption: Comic actor Oliver Hardy sported a toothbrush moustache (seen in 1939); its heyday of popularity was from about 1900 to 1945.
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