1970s Does 1920s Screen-worn Warner Bro.’s Dennis Morgan Costume Buckle Back Jeans

1970s does 1920s…. Screen-worn pair or workwear denim worn by Earl Stanley Morner, better known as Richard Stanley, who also went by Dennis Morgan, which was the name he adapted once he moved to work with Warner Bro’s in the 1930s. Best known for playing Kitty Rogers’ love interest in ‘Kitty Foyle’ in 1940s and for his starring role in ‘The Desert Song’ in 1943, which hands down boosted him into stardom, and made him the top paid actor in Warner Brothers for a stretch. ‘D. Morgan,’ which is what you’ll find on the Warner Bros tag inside these jeans, acted in a slew of movies and T.V productions in the 1930s-1940s and even later in his career in the late 1950s. Although he was basically retired at this point, he wound up doing an odd cameo appearance in his 70s in 1976 where he played the tour guide in Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood, which takes place in the 1920s, and that is where it all starts to make sense.

From the buckle back, to the hand sewn repairs and darns, and the Levi’s arcuate on the pockets, and the added zipper for convenience over the button holes; the costume department made an incredible reproduction of antique workwear denim out of what I believe is a pair or late 1950s jeans. A uniquely special piece, with a really great look to boot.

Condition: Good-great for nature of garment. Made to look like an antique pair of workwear, fraying around top of waistband as shown, thinning of denim, ect. Wears great and material is soft and worn in

Measurements

Waist: 34" resting down to 31/32" with cinch

Hips: 44"

Rise: 12 12"

Inseam: 29"

Thigh: 26"

Measurements