The Italian straw hat
By: Albatros presents ; adapted and directed by René Clair ; produced by Alexandre Kamenka
Contributors: Carli, Philip, composer; Préjean, Albert, actor; Maia, Marise, actor; Tschechowa, Olga, 1896-1980, actor; Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888; Michel, Marc, 1812-1868; Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra; Films Albatros (Firm); Flicker Alley (Firm)
Edition: Deluxe edition.
Published: 2010
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Relaciones hombre-mujer; Hats; Weddings; Teatro; Drama; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Bridegrooms; Silent films; Sombreros
Other titles: Tour.; Noce en goguette.
Work titles: Chapeau de paille d'Italie (Motion picture)
Description: 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.
Notes: "This edition produced by David Shepard; A Flicker Alley digital edition"--End credits.

From the play by Eugène Labiche and Marc Michel.

Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1928.

"The Italian straw hat - Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie: 105 min. / add'l shorts 21 min."--Container.

"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 (The Eiffel Tower)(1928), Noce en goguette (Fun after the wedding) (1907), Leghorn hat (PDF) and the essay, Eugene Labiche, Vaudevillist Member of the Academy by Clair Vincent (PDF).

Camera, Maurice Desfassiaux, Nicholas Roudakoff; music, Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra or Philip Carli.

Albert Préjean, Marise Maia, Olga Tschekowa, Alice Tissot, Alexis Bondireff, Vital Geymond.

DVD format, NTSC, region 0, stereo.

Silent film with English intertitles and optional French or Spanish subtitles and choice of musical accompanyment.