Pork pie hat the "man-about-town", but its resurgence in the United States in the 1920s is credited to the silent film actor Buster Keaton who wore them in many of his films. The hats from his films were ones the actor made himself by converting fedoras and other hats into pork pies, creating more than a thousand in his lifetime. This kind of pork pie had a very flat top and similar short flat brim. Arguably the heyday of the pork pie hat occurred during the Great Depression. In this incarnation, the pork pie regained its snap brim and increased slightly in height.
Frank Morgan Frank Morgan Francis Phillip Wuppermann (born; June 1, 1890 – September 18, 1949), known professionally as Frank Morgan, and also briefly billed early in his career as as Frank Wupperman and Francis Morgan, was an American character actor on radio, stage and film. He was best known for his appearances in film's starting in the silent era in 1916, and then numerous sound films throughout the 1930s and 1940s. He was also a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Morgan was born in New York City, to Josephine Wright (née Hancox) and George Diogracia Wuppermann. He was the youngest of six boys