
The New York Hat(1912)
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.


A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

Mack Sennett
The Usher, trying to manage the situation

Flora Finch
Woman with largest hat

Linda Arvidson
Woman with big hat

John R. Cumpson
Theatre Audience, the annoyed patron reacting to the hats

Florence Lawrence
Theatre Audience

Robert Harron
Theatre Audience
Anita Hendrie
Theatre Audience

Charles Inslee
Theatre Audience

Arthur V. Johnson
Theatre Audience

Gertrude Robinson
Theatre Audience
Those Awful Hats is a comedy film released in 1909 exploring themes of hat, etiquette, fashion, silent film, angry. Directed by D.W. Griffith, it stars Mack Sennett, Flora Finch, Linda Arvidson. A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
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