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My Wife’s Bonnet
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by C.D. Herbert (Chauncy D. Herbert)
Cast: Lillian Brown Leighton [Mrs. Topknot], John Lancaster [Mr. Topknot], Olive Johnson [Alfred Jones], Edith Hill [the maid], C.D. Herbert (Chauncy D. Herbert) [Mr. Cutwater], Frances Baylace (Frances Bayless) [Mrs. Cutwater], Rose Evans [Mrs. Appleby], John Larkin [the chief usher in the theatre]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by John Maddison. / Released 14 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Topknot and her friends, Mrs. Cutwater and Mrs. Appleby, buy hats alike. Mrs. Topknot goes to the theater with her cousin, Alfred Jones, whom her husband has never seen. While preparing to watch the performance, she accidentally drops her hat from the box where she is sitting to the pit below. In glancing over the railing of the box she is astonished to see that the hat has fallen into the lap of her husband, whom she thought was busy at his office, she and Alfred, not wishing to be seen by Mr. Topknot, hurriedly leave the theater. Mr. Topknot recognizes his wife’s hat and immediately causes an uproar in the theater, thinking that his spouse is spending the evening with another man. Mrs. Appleby, who chances to be in the theater and sees the hat drop into Mr. Topknot’s lap, decides to help her friend. She hurries away from the theater and leaves her hat at Mrs. Topknot’s apartment. Alfred Jones also borrows Mrs. Cutwater’s hat, so when the indignant Mr. Topknot returns home he finds his wife in possession of two hats absolutely alike. The one he carries makes the third. After many humorous incidents Alfred is introduced to Mr. Topknot, the hat tangle is straightened out and all ends happily.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 110 : Website-IMDb.
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