The New York Hat
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Director D. W. Griffith Cinematography Billy Bitzer | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Short, Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent filmEnglish intertitles Release date December 5, 1912 (1912-12-05) Cast Similar movies Related D W Griffith movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The New York Hat (1912) is a short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith from a screenplay by Anita Loos, and starring Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and Lillian Gish.
Contents
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.
Production
The New York Hat is one of the most notable of the Biograph Studios short films and is perhaps the best known example of Pickfords early work. The film was made by Biograph when it and many other early U.S. movie studios were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century.
Plot
Mollie Goodhue leads a cheerless, impoverished life, largely because of her stern, miserly father. Mrs. Goodhue is mortally ill, but before dying, she gives the minister, Preacher Bolton, some money with which to buy her daughter the "finery" her father has always forbade her.
Mollie is delighted when the minister presents her with a fashionable New York hat she has been longing for, but village gossips misinterpret the ministers intentions and spread malicious rumors. Mollie becomes a social pariah, and her father tears up the beloved hat in a rage.
All ends well, however, after the minister produces a letter from Mollies mother about the money she left the minister to spend on Mollie. Soon afterwards, he proposes to Mollie, who accepts his offer of marriage.
Cast
References
The New York Hat WikipediaThe New York Hat IMDb The New York Hat themoviedb.org