Those Awful Hats
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Those Awful Hats is a 1909 short comedy film
directed by D.W. Griffith. It takes place in a small, crowded movie theatre, where the patrons are perpetually distracted by people - primarily women - wearing large, ostentatious hats that obstruct everyone else's views of the screen. The film ends with a title card reading, "Ladies Will Please Remove Their Hats."
A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by D.W. Griffith. It takes place in a small, crowded movie theatre, where the patrons are perpetually distracted by people - primarily women - wearing large, ostentatious hats that obstruct everyone else's views of the screen. The film ends with a title card reading, "Ladies Will Please Remove Their Hats."
A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
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- Mack SennettMack SennettMack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...
- Man in checkered jacket - Flora FinchFlora FinchFlora Finch was an English-born film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company.-Early life and career:...
- Woman with largest hat - Linda ArvidsonLinda Arvidson-Biography:Linda Arvidson was the first wife of film director D.W. Griffith . She played lead roles in many of his earliest films. While acting, she was sometimes credited as Linda Griffith...
- Theatre Audience - John R. CumpsonJohn R. CumpsonJohn R. Cumpson was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 124 films between 1905 and 1912. Cumpson died of pneumonia and diabeties in New York City.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
- Theatre Audience - George GebhardtGeorge GebhardtGeorge Gebhardt was a Swiss-born American silent film actor. He appeared in 128 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edensdale, New York from tuberculosis.-Selected filmography:...
- Theatre Audience - Robert HarronRobert HarronRobert "Bobby" Harron was an American motion picture actor of the early silent film era. Although he acted in scores of films, he is possibly best remembered for his roles in the D.W. Griffith directed films Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation...
- Theatre Audience - Anita HendrieAnita HendrieAnita Hendrie was an American actress. She appeared in 67 silent motion pictures between 1908 and 1912....
- Theatre Audience - Charles InsleeCharles InsleeCharles Inslee was an American actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1908 and 1921.-External links:...
- Theatre Audience - Arthur V. JohnsonArthur V. JohnsonArthur V. Johnson was a pioneer actor and director of American silent films.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arthur Vaughen Johnson began as a film actor with the Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1905 in the one-reel drama "The White Caps" directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and Edwin S. Porter...
- Theatre Audience - Florence LawrenceFlorence LawrenceFlorence Lawrence was a Canadian inventor and silent film actress. She is often referred to as "The First Movie Star." When she was popular, she was known as "The Biograph Girl," "The Imp Girl," and "The Girl of a Thousand Faces." Lawrence appeared in more than 270 films for various motion...
- Theatre Audience - Gertrude RobinsonGertrude RobinsonGertrude Robinson was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 164 films between 1908 and 1925...
- Theatre Audience - Dorothy WestDorothy West (actress)Dorothy West was an American actress. She appeared in 123 films between 1908 and 1916.-External links:...
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