Albert Préjean, Marise Maia, Olga Tschekowa, Alice Tissot, Alexis Bondireff, Vital Geymond. 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: silent films, La Tour (Eiffel Tower) by René Clair (1928), and Noce en goguette (Fun after the wedding) by Ferdinand Zecca (1907), Leghorn hat (PDF) and the essay, Eugene Labiche, Vaudevillist Member of the Academy by Clair Vincent (PDF)
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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