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Albert Préjean.
Photo: La Cinémathèque Française, Iconothèque; courtesy Le
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Un chapeau de paille d’Italie
AKA 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 : 2229 metres
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], Paul Olzinet, 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. Original music score by Jacques Ibert. / 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]; also in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Keywords: Animals: Horses - Deaf persons - Hats
Listing updated: 21 June 2008.
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.
Home Video: DVD.
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