Those Awful Hats

Those Awful Hats is a 1909 American short comedy film directed by D.W. Griffith and starring Mack Sennett. It takes place in a small, crowded movie theatre, where the patrons are perpetually distracted by people - primarily women - wearing large, ostentatious hats that obstruct everyone else's views of the screen. Slapstick disorder ensues. The film ends with a title card reading, "Ladies Will Please Remove Their Hats." A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Library of Congress.[2]

Those Awful Hats
Play full film; running time 00:02:40
Directed byD. W. Griffith
Written byD.W. Griffith
StarringMack Sennett
CinematographyG. W. Bitzer
Release date
  • January 25, 1909 (1909-01-25)
Running time
Original length 185 feet (under 3 minutes)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
(English intertitles)
End screen.

Cast

See also

References
  1. "Those Awful Hats", film promotion, The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 23 January 1909, p. 83. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Progressive Silent Film List: Those Awful Hats". Silent Era. Retrieved November 24, 2008.
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