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Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, Albert Préjean, Jim Gerald, Paul Olivier ... see more see more... , Alex Allin , Alexis Bondi , Louis Pré Fils , Valentine Tessier , Alice Tissot , Geymond Vital , Volbert , Yvonneck

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 w... read more read more...ay 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

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Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: René Clair

Release Date: January 13, 1928

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DVD Release Date: May 15, 1992

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Sean Axmaker
April 11, 2010
Sean Axmaker, Turner Classic Movies Online

... a fleet, lightfingered gem with the befuddled energy and knockabout momentum of a Harold Lloyd movie, the criss-crossing characters of a screwball comedy and the continental attitude and sparkling... Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
April 9, 2010
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

It's a madcap, sophisticated comedy of the highest order. Full Review

May 24, 2003
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