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The Paris Hat

The Paris Hat

1908Short
Short
6.9
IMDB Rating
27 votes

There is no confirmed documentation that any film bearing this title was ever produced or distributed at this time. Most likely the correct title is The New York Hat (1912). Lionel Barrymore did not enter films until 1911, but did...

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Writers
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Stars
Lionel Barrymore
Language
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Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

Mystery film "The Paris Hat"
by zpzjones2012-02-09

"There is no evidence this film was ever produced, at least not in the United States. It has been alleged to have been a D.W. Griffith directed film but Griffith did not make a film with this title in 1908, or any other time in his career. Lionel Barrymore, in 1908, was living in Paris, France with his first wife Doris Rankin. He was going to art school there, much of it financed by his sister Ethel Barrymore, and also became a father there when Doris gave birth to a daughter, Ethel Barrymore II. The daughter died there in France before 1908 ended(New York Times). The only tangible possibility ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Lionel Barrymore's first project.

📖 Synopsis

There is no confirmed documentation that any film bearing this title was ever produced or distributed at this time. Most likely the correct title is The New York Hat (1912). Lionel Barrymore did not enter films until 1911, but did...