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The Professor and the New Hat

The Professor and the New Hat

1911Short
ComedyShort

The little daughter of a professor forgets that she has attained that age when love affairs are the thing and forbids her to associate with the young man she is in love with. He gives her money to buy a new hat. When it reaches th...

Director
Bannister Merwin
Writers
N/A
Stars
William West, Mary Fuller, Edwin Clarke
Release Date
August 23, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

William West
William West
as The Professor
Mary Fuller
Mary Fuller
as The Professor's Daughter
Edwin Clarke
Edwin Clarke
as The Professor's Daughter's Sweetheart

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Edison Company

🎯 Categories

ComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The love scenes do not mean very much
by deickemeyer2016-04-06

"The new hat was the absent-minded professor's daughter's. It was delivered at the house and truly, in its paper package, it looked like a big bunch of roses, The professor put it in water, much to the girl's dismay when she found it out. The farce-comedy might have been funnier if it had been made, in some of its lesser parts, a bit more human and reasonable. Most of the professor's business was not bad; but the love scenes, especially the long cling of the girl and her lover, do not mean very much nor afford much of a handle for our sympathies. By far the best thing in the..."

💡 Did You Know?

Released as a split reel along with the comedy The Question Mark (1911).

📖 Synopsis

The little daughter of a professor forgets that she has attained that age when love affairs are the thing and forbids her to associate with the young man she is in love with. He gives her money to buy a new hat. When it reaches th...