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Albert Préjean.
Photograph: La Cinémathèque Française, Iconothèque; courtesy Le
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Un chapeau de paille d’Italie
Also known as Un cappello di paglia di Firenze in Italy; The Italian Straw Hat in the USA : {An Italian Straw Hat}, {Le chapeau de paille}
(1928) French
B&W : [?] Seven or Eight? reels / 7313 feet
Directed by René Clair
Cast: Albert Préjean [Fadinard, the groom], Yvonneck [Nonancourt, the father-in-law], Marise Maia [Hélène, the bride], Olga Tschechowa [Anais Beauperthuis], Geymond Vital [Lieutenant Tavernier], Jim Gérald [Beauperthuis], Alex Allin [Félix, the valet], Paul Ollivier [Vésinet, the deaf uncle], Louis Pré fils [Bobin, the cousin with one glove], Alexis Bondireff [the cousin with the tie], Alice Tissot [his wife], Valentine Tessier
[?] Films Albatros/Sequana? production. / Scenario by René Clair, from the play Un chapeau de paille d’Italie by Eugène Labiche and Marc Michel. Production design by Lazare Meerson. Cinematography by Maurice Desfassiaux and Nicolas Roudakoff. / Released 12 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival Status: Prints exist in the Cinémathèque Française film archive [35mm positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Keywords: Animals: Horses - Deaf persons - Hats
Listing updated: 7 July 2009.
References: Bardèche-History pp. 11, 234, 246-248, 249, 290b, 327, 329, 331, 332; Bohn-Light pp. xxv, 164, 165, 193; Geduld-Birth p. 39; Kael-Kiss pp. 287, 320; Leish-Cinema pp. 36-37; Limbacher-Feature p. 124; Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 34, 112-113; Shipman-Cinema p. 97; Sinyard-Silent pp. 168, 169 : ClasIm-204 p. C24 : with additional information provided by Lenny Borger.
Home video: DVD.
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