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THE ITALIAN STRAW HAT – 1927 – GEYMOND VIDAL – SILENT – RARE DVD
Directed by René Claire
Cast: Albert Préjean, Geymond Vital, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Ollivier, Alex Allin & Jim Gérald
René Clair’s film adaptation of the play by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel. An outstanding satirical comedy full of charming visual elements!
A well-to-do bachelor encounters trouble on the day of his wedding when his horse eats the hat of a trysting married woman. Her lover then demands the bachelor replace the hat to hide the infidelity from her husband. Now the bachelor must manage the despairing woman, her angry lover and his own wedding party while trying to find a rare Italian Straw Hat!
Cast: Albert Préjean, Geymond Vital, Olga Tschechowa, Paul Ollivier, Alex Allin & Jim Gérald
René Clair’s film adaptation of the play by Eugène Labiche and Marc-Michel. An outstanding satirical comedy full of charming visual elements!
A well-to-do bachelor encounters trouble on the day of his wedding when his horse eats the hat of a trysting married woman. Her lover then demands the bachelor replace the hat to hide the infidelity from her husband. Now the bachelor must manage the despairing woman, her angry lover and his own wedding party while trying to find a rare Italian Straw Hat!
