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The New York Hat
UNITED STATES · 1912

The New York Hat

D.W. Griffith
small-town gossip maternal sacrifice class conflict religious hypocrisy women's fashion
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Synopsis

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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