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The Lost Silk Hat

The Lost Silk Hat

1952TV Episode⏱️ 30m
ComedyCrimeDrama
5.5
IMDB Rating
60 votes

A refined man stands outside of a home trying to convince strangers who pass by to retrieve his silk hat from inside the house.

Director
Robert Florey
Writers
Lord Dunsany, Ronald Colman, Milton Merlin
Stars
Ronald Colman, Richard Whorf, Jay Novello
Release Date
October 23, 1952
Language
English
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
as Caller
Richard Whorf
Richard Whorf
as Poet
Jay Novello
Jay Novello
as Clerk
Tudor Owen
Tudor Owen
as Laborer
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Leo Britt
as Policeman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Republic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Four Star Productions

🎯 Categories

ComedyCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A shaggy-dog story
by lor_2023-12-02

"The art of the shaggy-dog story is largely lost on me, as I find such stories to be too much of a leg-pull. That's why I haven't become a fan of the current leading practitioners of this sort of storytelling, the Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson. Here we have Ronald Colman indulging in same in his adaptation of a very old play (1914 to be exact) by the famous fantasy author Lord Dunsany, presented as an episode of Four Star Playhouse. Dressed in white tie garb, Colman is suitably droll and polished as the British gentleman who had a row with his lady friend and apparently stormed out ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Based on a theater sketch by Edward Plunkett, famous in the early years of the 20th century as Lord Dunsany.

📖 Synopsis

A refined man stands outside of a home trying to convince strangers who pass by to retrieve his silk hat from inside the house.