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The New York Hat (1912)

The New York Hat poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
16 min
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in a small town receives a fashionable hat from New York as a gift. The townspeople gossip and criticize her, leading to a confrontation with her strict father.

shortmelodramatictensesentimentalbrisk-pacingnostalgicstagey

What happens

The New York Hat is a silent short film which was released in 1912, directed by D. W. Griffith from a screenplay by Anita Loos, and starring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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