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The Italian Straw Hat (French: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie) is a 1928 French silent film comedy written and directed by René Clair, in his feature debut, based on the 1851 play Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, by Eugène Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel.
An Italian Straw Hat Reviews. Clair's talent would not survive long into the coming of sound, but at this point in his career he seems marvelously assured, creative, and playful.
Currently you are able to watch "The Italian Straw Hat" streaming on Kanopy for free. Synopsis On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier.
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Apr 8, 2010 · René Clair’s film “The Italian Straw Hat,” made in 1927, sought to reclaim the spirit of early silent comedies.
- Dave Kehr
Mar 9, 2015 · Genres: Comedy. Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes. Availability: Limited + Show. Presented by Flicker Alley and the Blackhawk Films® Collection. René Clair’s sparkling comedy of manners is a witty, delicate, inspired satire on propriety and behavior in the bourgeois mind-set.
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On the day of Fadinard's wedding, his horse eats a lady's hat on a bush at the roadside, while the lady is hidden behind the bush with her lover Lieutenant Tavernier. Because she is married, she cannot return home hatless without being compromised, and Tavernier orders Fadinard to replace the hat with one exactly like it - or else he will wreck ...
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