"Svengali (1931 film) Svengali is a 1931 American pre-Code supernatural drama/horror film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film stars John Barrymore and co-stars Marian Marsh. It was directed by Archie Mayo and the screenplay was written by J. Grubb Alexander. It is based on the gothic horror novel ""Trilby"" (1894) by George du Maurier. The film was originally released on May 22, 1931. Warner Brothers was so pleased by the box office on this film that the studio hurriedly reteamed Barrymore and Marsh for another horror film ""The Mad Genius"", released on November 7, 1931. The region 1"
"Maurier's 1894 novel ""Trilby"". A hat of this style was worn in the first London production of the play, and promptly came to be called ""a ""Trilby"" hat"". Its shape somewhat resembles the Tyrolean hat. Traditionally it was made from rabbit hair felt, but now is usually made from other materials, such as tweed, straw, heavyweight cotton, wool and wool/nylon blends. The hat reached its zenith of common popularity in the 1960s; the lower head clearance in American automobiles made it impractical to wear a hat with a tall crown while driving. It faded from popularity in the 1970s when"
"The shop was well known for making the head-fitting felt cloche the status symbol of fashion for many years. The shop was famous for making hats that were noted for profile brims, dipping low on one side, forward-tilt tricorns, open-crown lamé turbans, and flower bandeaus. The name 'Reboux' is mentioned in ""Thérèse Desqueyroux"", a novel written by François Mauriac and published in 1927: « Anna de la Trave was wearing an overcoat of light grey cloth and a felt hat without ribbon or trimming of any sort ('though,' said Madame de la Trave, 'it costs more like that than the"
"wearer invulnerable. These are the helmet's attributes in the ""Orlando Innamorato"" and the ""Orlando Furioso"", throughout which poems it is worn by Rinaldo. Francesco Cieco da Ferrara's poem, ""Mambriano"", is about the titular son of Mambrino's sister and his attempt to avenge his uncle. Both the sister and the nephew were invented by Francesco. Cervantes, in his novel ""Don Quixote de la Mancha"", tells us of a barber who was caught in the rain, and to protect his hat clapped his brazen basin on his head. Don Quixote insisted that this basin was the enchanted helmet of the Moorish king."
"The Hat (book) The Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by French artist and author Tomi Ungerer. Published in 1970 by Parents' Magazine Press, the book tells the story of a poor veteran, Benito Badoglio, who becomes rich after he unwittingly gains possession of a magic hat. The book is richly illustrated and the text contains numerous vivid and mellifluous descriptions and dialog. For example, upon meeting the hat, the protagonist cries, ""Thunder of Sebastopole!""; in another scene, he shouts, ""A thousand Potemkins!"" Other characters in the book are ""cutthroats"", ""brigands"", a ""fainting contessa"", and a ""dashing cadet""."
"Eugénie hat A Eugénie hat (sometimes also eugenie hat, Empress Eugenie hat or empress hat) is a small women's hat that is usually worn tilted forwards over the face, or it may be angled low over one eye. Typically, it is made of velvet or felt, although a variety of materials may be used. The classic design also has a plume of feathers, although other trims may be used. It first became popular in the mid 19th century and was named after the French empress Eugénie de Montijo, a fashion trendsetter whose taste was much admired and copied. In the"
"Bicorne The bicorne or bicorn (two-cornered/horned or twihorn) is a historical form of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as an item of uniform by European and American military and naval officers. It is now most readily associated with Napoléon Bonaparte but in practice most generals and staff officers of the Napoleonic period wore bicornes, and it survived as a widely worn full-dress headdress until at least 1914. Descended from the tricorne, the black-coloured bicorne originally had a rather broad brim, with the front and the rear halves turned up and pinned together (in English, the shorter front brim was"
"early 1930s an adapted version worn by Greta Garbo in the film ""Romance"" inspired a wave of similar styles. By 1932, the feather-trimmed small hat had become ubiquitous and was widely criticised by the press – especially in the United States – with some commentators predicting its rapid demise. Despite the criticisms, its tilted shape and jaunty feather trim influenced millinery styles for the succeeding decade. The original Eugénie hat was named after Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, whose fashion choices were publicised in fashion sketches and closely scrutinised across Europe and the United States. The design became"
"Cavalier hat A cavalier hat is a variety of wide-brimmed hat popular in the seventeenth century. These hats were often made from felt, and usually trimmed with an ostrich plume. They were often cocked up or had one side of the brim pinned to the side of the crown of the hat (similar to the slouch hat) which was then decorated with feathers. Cavalier hats get their name from supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War, known as cavaliers, noted for wearing extravagant clothing. It was a common hat style throughout Europe during the seventeenth century, until"
"it was later replaced in fashion by the tricorne. Cavalier hat A cavalier hat is a variety of wide-brimmed hat popular in the seventeenth century. These hats were often made from felt, and usually trimmed with an ostrich plume. They were often cocked up or had one side of the brim pinned to the side of the crown of the hat (similar to the slouch hat) which was then decorated with feathers. Cavalier hats get their name from supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War, known as cavaliers, noted for wearing extravagant clothing. It was a common"
"a person drowning in a river can be seen far off in the distance; perhaps this is the new owner of the hat The characters in the book are: The Hat (book) The Hat is a children's book written and illustrated by French artist and author Tomi Ungerer. Published in 1970 by Parents' Magazine Press, the book tells the story of a poor veteran, Benito Badoglio, who becomes rich after he unwittingly gains possession of a magic hat. The book is richly illustrated and the text contains numerous vivid and mellifluous descriptions and dialog. For example, upon meeting the hat,"
"lucky one, returning like a wayward son to Manderley, I'd never be the same..."". Steve Hackett included a song entitled ""Rebecca,"" inspired by the novel, on his album ""To Watch the Storms"". In 2013, Devon watchmakers Du Maurier Watches, founded by the grandson of Daphne du Maurier, released a limited edition collection of two watches inspired by the characters from the novel – The Rebecca and The Maxim. Rebecca (novel) Rebecca is a Gothic novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier. A best-seller, ""Rebecca"" sold 2,829,313 copies between its publication in 1938 and 1965, and the book has never"
"of the ""nation's best-loved novel"" on the BBC's 2003 survey The Big Read. Other significant works include ""The Scapegoat"", ""The House on the Strand"", and ""The King's General"". The last is set in the middle of the first and second English Civil Wars, written from the Royalist perspective of Du Maurier's adopted Cornwall. Several of Du Maurier's other novels have also been adapted for the screen, including ""Jamaica Inn"", ""Frenchman's Creek"", ""Hungry Hill"", and ""My Cousin Rachel"". The Hitchcock film ""The Birds"" (1963) is based on a treatment of one of her short stories, as is the film ""Don't Look"
"Guy du Maurier Guy Louis Busson du Maurier DSO (18 May 1865, London, England – 9 Mar 1915, Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium) was an English army officer and playwright. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and the actor Gerald du Maurier. He was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and in 1885 became an officer in the Royal Fusiliers. He served in the Second Boer War, where he commanded a mounted infantry regiment, earning the Distinguished Service Order in 1902. He achieved notoriety in 1909 as the author"
"One such trick involving a top hat is the famous ""Pulling a Rabbit out of a Hat"" trick. Instances of this trick date back to Louis Comte who performed the trick in 1814. According to fashion historians, the top hat may have descended directly from the sugarloaf hat; otherwise it is difficult to establish provenance for its creation. Gentlemen began to replace the tricorne with the top hat at the end of the 18th century; a painting by Charles Vernet of 1796, ""Un Incroyable"", shows a French dandy (one of the ""Incroyables et Merveilleuses"") with such a hat. The first"
"hat and threw it out the window. Geisel concluded that the man was so ""stuffy"" that he would just grow a new one. Set in feudal times, the story begins in the Kingdom of Didd, when King Derwin is riding through a street past peasant protagonist Bartholomew Cubbins. Ordered to remove his hat, according to the laws, Bartholomew does so, but another hat mysteriously appears; when he attempts to remove this one, yet another one appears; as this continues, the hats begin to grow in extravagance and beauty from the 451st hat onwards. Ultimately the 500th hat, studded with massive"
"and now includes a lifelike wax figure of Gouffier himself. Claude Gouffier Claude Gouffier was a French nobleman and book collector. He was the model for the ""Marquis de Carabas"" from the story Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault. He was the son of Artus Gouffier, tutor to the count of Angoulême who eventually rose to the throne as Francis I. Under Francis I, the Gouffier family prospered and were important patrons of both art and literature. This important dynasty was seated at the estate of Château d'Oiron. Claude Gouffier was granted knighthood in 1533, and in 1546 created Marquis"
"an 1868 fashion article in ""The Guardian"" reprinted from the French fashion magazine ""Le Follet"": ""There is also the 'Eugenie' in honour of the Empress, in very fine leghorn, with a broad edge inclining over the eyes, trimmed with a bunch of white feathers, an aigrette of roses, an orchid or moss and field flowers. The chapeau 'Eugenie' is not very becoming to all faces: it requires to be worn by a very pretty and stylish lady"". Eugenie's fashion choices appeared in influential US publications such as ""Godey's Lady's Book"" and it seems likely images of the hat may have"
"The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is a children's book, written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published by Vanguard Press in 1938. Unlike the majority of Geisel's books, it is written in prose rather than rhyming and metered verse. Geisel, who collected hats, got the idea for the story on a commuter train from New York to New England while he was sitting behind a businessman wearing a hat; the passenger was so stiff and formal that Geisel idly wondered what would happen if Geisel took his"
"Cloche hat The cloche hat or simply cloche () is a fitted, bell-shaped hat for women that was invented in 1908 by milliner Caroline Reboux. They were especially popular from about 1922 to 1933. Its name is derived from ""cloche"", the French word for ""bell"". During the early twentieth century, the popularity and influence of cloche hats was at its peak. Couture houses like Lanvin and Molyneux opened ateliers to join milliners in manufacturing hats that precisely matched their clothing designs. The hats even shaped hairstyles: the Eton crop – the short, slicked-down cut worn by Josephine Baker – became"
"literary prize has been awarded to a French novel every year since 1933. ""Magot"" literally means ""stocky figurine from the Far East."" The name originally belonged to a fabric and novelty shop at nearby 23 Rue de Buci. The shop sold silk lingerie and took its name from a popular play of the moment (1800s) entitled ""Les Deux Magots de la Chine."" Its two statues represent Chinese ""mandarins,"" or ""magicians"" (and ""alchemists,"" depending upon one's philosophical point of view), who gaze serenely over the room. In 1873, the business moved to its current location in the Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés. In 1884,"
"Bergère hat A bergère (French for shepherdess) hat is a flat-brimmed straw hat with a shallow crown, usually trimmed with ribbon and flowers. It could be worn in various ways with the brim folded back or turned up or down at whim. It is also sometimes called a milkmaid hat. It was widely worn in the mid-18th century, and versions may be seen in many British and French paintings of the period, such as ""The Swing"" by Fragonard, and in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough and Johann Zoffany, amongst others. It has been suggested that the hat was named after Madame"
"Le Secret du Masque de fer Le Secret du Masque de fer (The Secret of the Iron mask) is a historical essay by French novelist Marcel Pagnol, who identified the famous prisoner in the iron mask as the twin brother of Louis XIV, born after him and imprisoned for life in 1669 for having conspired against the King. The essay was published for the first time in 1965 under the title ""Le Masque de fer"" (The Iron Mask), and updated in 1973, completed in particular with research on James de la Cloche, identified as the twin bearing this name in"
"Christian Dior in 1947 as part of his ""New Look"" collection. This style generally had a minimal crown and a very wide brim, with some models resembling a flying saucer. The defining characteristic of mushroom hats is their downturned brim, resembling a mushroom or toadstool. In the 1870s, designs in straw shaped like a mushroom became popular. These had a small crown trimmed with ribbons, flowers and – in the 1880s – bird decorations. In 1907, mushroom hats in both straw and felt became popular. Such was their ubiquity that Evelyn Sharp lambasted them in an editorial in ""The Guardian"","
"Pamela hat The Chapeau à la Paméla, Pamela hat or Pamela bonnet described a type of straw hat or bonnet popular during the 1790s and into the first three quarters of the 19th century. It was named after the heroine of Samuel Richardson's 1741 novel ""Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded"". While Pamela hats and bonnets underwent a variety of changes in shape and form, they were always made from straw. The mid-19th-century version of the Pamela hat was a smaller version of an early 19th-century wide-brimmed style called the gipsy hat. In 1793, the French actress Mademoiselle Lange, appeared in a"
"the same title. It is said that the Tyrolean hat was the inspiration for the homburg. Tyrolean hat The Tyrolean hat (, ), also Bavarian hat or Alpine hat, is a type of headwear that originally came from the Tyrol in the Alps, in what is now part of Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. A typical Tyrolean hat originally had a crown tapering to a point and was made of green felt with a brim roughly the width of a hand, something that was especially common in the Zillertal. There are various forms of Tyrolean hat. Frequently the hats are"
"Guy du Maurier, and Arthur's brother Compton Llewelyn Davies. Mary Hodgson continued to care for them, until increasing friction with Barrie and a confrontation with Jack's new wife led to her resignation when the boys were in their teens and twenties. Barrie, whose success as a novelist and playwright had made him wealthy, provided housing, education, and financial support for them until they were independent. Upon the United Kingdom's entry into World War I, Jack was already in the Royal Navy, and George and Peter volunteered to serve as officers in the British Army. George was killed in action in"
"with a certain prisoner called Linguet, respectively mention """"a mask of black velvet"","" """"of velvet and"" ""not of iron"""". Thus the iron mask, as depicted in the film ""The Man in the Iron Mask"" by Randall Wallace (1998), may only be a legend, a ""dramatic extension"" originating from the """"chin strap with iron springs"""". Pagnol sees in this a precaution taken in order to mask a characteristic dimple visible on numerous portraits of Louis XIV. In Sainte-Marguerite, probably because of the valet La Rivière's death, ""Dauger"" was authorised to go for walks on the Island. However, the fortress of Sainte-Marguerite,"
"the second book of the novel ""Alexandria Quartet"" by Lawrence Durrell, Scobie, a gay pirate, tells the protagonist Darley that when he cross-dresses he wears a Dolly Varden hat. One of the most famous uses of the name in theatre was the ""Dolly Varden"" comic opera which opened in 1902 starring Lulu Glaser. Although the main character fit the image of the Dickens character, the play itself was based on ""The Country Wife"" by William Wycherley. Another interesting occurrence of the name is in the eponymous decorative cake, a recipe for which features in the 1980 ""Australian Women's Weekly Children's"
"Daphne du Maurier, Henry James, Agatha Christie, and Charles Dickens. As children, Roderick and Caroline changed the hands of a broken clock to twenty minutes to nine, thinking it amusing to reflect the stopped clocks of Miss Havisham's house from Dickens' ""Great Expectations"". Like the narrator of du Maurier's ""Rebecca"", Faraday has no first name; the man overcome by the house in Poe's ""The Fall of the House of Usher"" is also named Roderick. Peter Cannon in ""Publishers Weekly"" writes that the novel is evocative of Henry James' ""The Turn of the Screw"" and Shirley Jackson's ""The Haunting of Hill"
"nor the original 1904 London production starring Nina Boucicault (in a cape), had featured a similar design. Even though subsequent Peter Pans did not wear the collar, Adams's collar proved a fashion success in the United States and United Kingdom and retained its association with her role. The Peter Pan collar has similarities to a number of earlier designs, particularly the ""col Claudine"" or Claudine collar from Paris, a round collar worn with a check scarf. The Claudine collar was named after the title character of Colette's 1900 novel ""Claudine à l'école"", who was described as wearing it. Claudine inspired"
"Curious George Curious George is the protagonist of a series of popular children's books by the same name, written by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey with illustrations by Alan J. Shalleck. The books feature a chimp named George, who is brought from his home in Africa by ""The Man with The Yellow Hat"" as his best friend to live with him in a giant city. When the first story, ""Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys"" was published in France in 1939, George was named Fifi. In the United Kingdom, George was originally called ""Zozo"" in 1941, apparently to avoid"
"a distortion of ""Matthioli"". Pagnol rejects this theory using several arguments: Le Secret du Masque de fer Le Secret du Masque de fer (The Secret of the Iron mask) is a historical essay by French novelist Marcel Pagnol, who identified the famous prisoner in the iron mask as the twin brother of Louis XIV, born after him and imprisoned for life in 1669 for having conspired against the King. The essay was published for the first time in 1965 under the title ""Le Masque de fer"" (The Iron Mask), and updated in 1973, completed in particular with research on James"