A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
Directed by D.W. Griffith
hat
etiquette
fashion
silent film
angry
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
Cast
Mack Sennett
The Usher, trying to manage the situation
Flora Finch
Woman with largest hat
Linda Arvidson
Woman with big hat
John R. Cumpson
Theatre Audience, the annoyed patron reacting to the hats
Florence Lawrence
Theatre Audience
Robert Harron
Theatre Audience
Charles Inslee
Theatre Audience
Arthur V. Johnson
Theatre Audience
Gertrude Robinson
Theatre Audience
Dorothy West
Theatre Audience
George Gebhardt
Theatre Audience
Crew
D.W. Griffith
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Ben Lossie
4.0★ · 09/23/25
got ragebaited so hard they had to carry away those ladies with fucking lifting claws or sum✌️
got ragebaited so hard they had to carry away those ladies with fucking lifting claws or sum✌️
Connor
Why can’t we remove annoying people from theaters with a crane?
Why can’t we remove annoying people from theaters with a crane?
Julia
bring back hats and smoking to the theater now
bring back hats and smoking to the theater now
Stephen Teague
6.0★ · 01/19/20
Absolutely hilarious that I watch this immediately after watching Fantasmagoria the one of the first animated films about women at the theater and their darned hats.
Absolutely hilarious that I watch this immediately after watching Fantasmagoria the one of the first animated films about women at the theater and their darned hats.
K
8.0★ · 01/20/17
Film History Class Watch. The moment when the crane came out of the sky and grabbed a woman? Iconic.
Film History Class Watch. The moment when the crane came out of the sky and grabbed a woman? Iconic.
