The New York Hat

1912 Drama 16 minutes Directed by D.W. Griffith

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About The New York Hat

A dying mother leaves a bequest meant for her daughter. The town pastor uses it to buy the girl a fashionable hat from New York. Talk about the pastor and the hat spreads through the town.

Cast & crew

More about The New York Hat

D.W. Griffith directed the Biograph short from a screenplay Wikipedia credits to Anita Loos, while Wikidata also lists Frances Marion. Mary Pickford and Lionel Barrymore star. Wikidata lists 16 minutes and Fort Lee as a location.

Themes

  • a mother's bequest
  • a fashionable hat
  • town gossip
  • New York hat
  • pastor
  • Mary Pickford
  • gossip

Look

Billy Bitzer photographed the Biograph short in Fort Lee.

Notes

  • Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Charles Hill Mailes, Alfred Paget, Claire McDowell, and Mae Marsh are on the Wikidata cast.
  • Billy Bitzer photographed it.
  • Biograph both produced and distributed the short, according to Wikidata.

Scenes

  • The pastor buys the hat, and the town starts talking.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (TheNewYorkHat)
  • Wikimedia Commons (The New York Hat.webm)

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