A movie theatre is invaded by an army of pompous dames wearing gigantic hats and refusing to remove them despite loud protests from male patrons - until a mechanical "hat-remover" appears out of nowhere and disposes of either the hat or the dame. One of D.W.Griffith's earliest films, hilarious and very clever.
January 9, 1970
Those Awful Hats (1909) ***
A movie theatre is invaded by an army of pompous dames wearing gigantic hats and refusing to remove them despite loud protests from male patrons - until a mechanical "hat-remover" appears out of nowhere and disposes of either the hat or the dame. One of D.W.Griffith's earliest films, hilarious and very clever.
