Joel Grey's hat from <i>Cabaret</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1972
notes: label: Description
content: Joel Grey wore this hat as part of a costume portraying the Emcee (Master of Ceremonies) in the 1972 film of the musical <i>Cabaret</i>. The straw boater-style hat has a flat top and brim and is decorated with a multicolored striped grosgrain ribbon and flat yellow ribbon bow around the rim. The hat has a narrow leather sweatband inside.
label: Description
content: The musical Cabaret premiered on Broadway in 1966. With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff, the show was an adaptation of John Van Druten's 1951 play <i>I Am a Camera</i>, which itself was based on Christopher Isherwood's 1939 memoir <i>Goodbye to Berlin</i>. <i>Cabaret</i> is the story of love triangle centered around Berlin's Kit Kat Klub amidst the decadence, corruption, and political intrigue of the Weimar Republic era. The musical was celebrated for its originality, but was also controversial for its moral ambiguity, frank sensuality, and mature themes, including homosexuality, abortion, anti-semitism, and the rise of the Nazi party. In 1972, director Bob Fosse adapted <i>Cabaret</i> as a critically- lauded and popular film.
label: Description
content: For his performances as the impish, leering Emcee in both the stage and film productions, Grey won the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Broadway Musical in 1967 and Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1972.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, Film
label: Subject
content: Costume
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joel Grey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0052.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0052
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0052.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 12 in x 10 in; 9.525 cm x 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm