![]() Moore also explained in his book why the famous hat never fell off during fight scenes: “That’s because of a little trick I learned from stuntman Tom Steele. One of Moore’s white Stetsons sold for $7,000 at an auction last month. Moore wore many masks in his years as the Lone Ranger - the Smithsonian owns one, and another was sold in a Sotheby’s auction in 2000 to a Chicago woman for $30,000. I could see a punch coming from the side, or I could look down and see my toes.” But with this mask, I had no trouble at all. In previous movies, masked men had trouble moving around because the mask hindered their vision. The mask was made of plaster, molded right to my face, then covered with purple felt,” he wrote. “The first mask was slightly smaller and covered less of my face. In his autobiography, “I Was That Masked Man,” Moore notes his mask (seen at right in the 1956 movie) was originally purple because it delivered a more textured look in black and white. ![]() ![]() 1981 Klinton Spilsbury in “The Legend of the Lone Ranger” movie (©Universal/courtesy Everett / Ev)
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