The Italian straw hat /
A bridegroom is riding to his marriage when his horse eats a straw hat hanging on a branch while its owner, a married lady, enjoys a tryst behind the bush with her lover, a fierce hussar. She cannot go home without her hat, so the groom interlaces his wedding with an attempt to find madam a twin cha...
| Uniform Title: | Chapeau de paille d'Italie (Motion picture) |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with English intertitles and optional French or Spanish subtitles and choice of musical accompanyment. |
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[United States] :
Flicker Alley,
2010.
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| Edition: | Deluxe ed. |
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| Summary: | A bridegroom is riding to his marriage when his horse eats a straw hat hanging on a branch while its owner, a married lady, enjoys a tryst behind the bush with her lover, a fierce hussar. She cannot go home without her hat, so the groom interlaces his wedding with an attempt to find madam a twin chapeau, launching a series of misunderstandings and embarrassments. |
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| Item Description: | From the play by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1928. "There is a choice of two accompaniments, one by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and the other by pianist Philip Carli." Special features include silent films, La Tour (Eiffel Tower), Noce en goguette (Fun after the wedding), Leghorn hat (PDF) and the essay, Eugene Labiche, Vaudevillist Member of the Academy by Clair Vincent (PDF) Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, b & w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Maurice Desfassiaux, Nicholas Roudakoff; music, Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra or Philip Carli. |
| ISBN: | 1893967506 9781893967502 |