Men’s Hairstyles: Why I Avoid the Subject in my Mysteries

Rudolph Valentino

I don’t go into men’s hairstyles much in my mysteries, because the subject is such a turn-off to today’s reader. Why? Because men usually parted their hair or combed it back in a pompadour, or both, and to hold this look, they used liberal amounts of hair oil, Brilliantine, or Vaseline. Yuck! 

 

Here are some examples: 

Douglas Fairbanks

Ramon Novarro

Ramon Novarro

Douglas Fairbanks

Jack Pickford