Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie (1927)
- Starring:
- Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, (more)
- Director(s):
- René Clair
Synopsis of Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie
Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel's effervescent French farce An Italian Straw Hat was gracefully adapted for the screen by director René Clair. Albert Prejean plays a well-meaning fellow who is on the way to his wedding. While en route, Prejean's horse has the bad manners to eat the expensive hat of a lovely young woman. The girl is beside herself, so Prejean gallantly offers to postpone his wedding until he can locate an identical chapeau, thereby setting in motion an endless series of comic misunderstandings. More than one historian has noted that Albert Prejean is made up to look like American two-reel comedian Charley Chase, most of whose "Imagine my embarrassment!" films were constructed pretty much along the same lines as An Italian Straw Hat. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie
- Marise Maia - Helene
- Albert Prejean - Fadinard
- Paul Olivier - Uncle Vezinet
- Alexis Bondi - Another Cousin
- Valentine Tessier
- Geymond Vital - Tavemier
- Yvonneck - Nonancourt
- Olga Tschechowa - Anais Beauperthuis
- Jim Gérald - Beauperlhuis
- Alex Allin - F61ix
- Pré Fils - Bobin, a cousin
- Alice Tissot - A cousin
- Volbert - The Mayor
- Director(s):
- René Clair
- Writer(s):
- René Clair
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