The New York Hat
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.
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The New York Hat was directed by D W Griffith for the Biograph Studio in 1912. It has many of Griffith's stock players in it. You may spot Mae Marsh as a gossip or Lillian Gish as a customer in the store but the main roles are played by Lionel Barrymore as the pastor and Mary Pickford as he girl. The script was written by Anita Loos. It is a gentle story with a clear moral, but I thought the real star had to be the hat.
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- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Starring
- Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Claire McDowell, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Lillian Gish
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