Figure 1.-- Henry as a boy in "Heaven Can Wait" was played by Scotty Beckett. We see him here in a traditional sailor suit. The type of sailor hat Henry is wearing seems more of a 1890s style. The cuff detailing probably should have had two rather than three stripes.

Henry as a boy in "Heaven Can Wait" was played by Scotty Beckett. We see him here in a traditional sailor suit. The type of sailor hat Henry is wearing seems more of a 1890s style. The cuff detailing probably should have had two rather than three stripes. The sarve worn with the sailor suit also seems rather larger, but HBC has no information at this time detailing appropriate sizes. At first I thought the the suit was was a maroon velvet and that it had been coordinated with a maroon scarve. Most sailor scarves were black or navy blue , but perhaps fancy velvet ones might have been maroon. I'm not sure how common it was to coordinate the color of the scarve. Almost always the scarve was a traditional black. HBC's film expert believes that the suit was actually dark blue with a red scarve. HBC is unsure about the red scarve. I think black was more common, but there may have been red scarves. Because red shows as a dark color in black and white photographs, it is very difficicult to assess how common it was using actualmold photographs. Perhaps it was the decession of the costume designer to add a little color to the boy's costume to liven up the color film--still a novelty in 1943.

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