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A Maureen O'Hara tweed jacket from The Quiet Man
29 November 2016, 12:00 EST
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A Maureen O'Hara tweed jacket from The Quiet Man
Republic, 1952. Sage green herringbone tweed blazer with three buttons, rounded lapels, and flap pockets, bearing a red-lettered Western Costume Co. Hollywood label with the typed inscription, "No. 59-1475-1 / Name Maureen O'Hara / Waist 28 / Bust 38," additionally inscribed in black ink, "CH 7."
As Mary Kate Danaher, O'Hara wears this jacket in two pivotal scenes: first, when Sean Thornton (John Wayne) comes to her house to ask her brother for permission to marry her; and the end of the film, when Thornton drags her through a field and they confront her brother over his refusal to pay her dowry, ending in the classic fistfight. The latter is the best known scene in the film and depicted on many of its posters. The style of the jacket exemplifies Mary Kate's down-to-earth nature and the humble, traditional style of her clothing, which belies her natural beauty and fiery nature.
As Mary Kate Danaher, O'Hara wears this jacket in two pivotal scenes: first, when Sean Thornton (John Wayne) comes to her house to ask her brother for permission to marry her; and the end of the film, when Thornton drags her through a field and they confront her brother over his refusal to pay her dowry, ending in the classic fistfight. The latter is the best known scene in the film and depicted on many of its posters. The style of the jacket exemplifies Mary Kate's down-to-earth nature and the humble, traditional style of her clothing, which belies her natural beauty and fiery nature.


















