The Girl with the Hat Box
A girl (Anna Sten in an irresistable debut) is given a supposedly worthless lottery ticket instead of her wages.
Clearly betraying the influences of filmmakers such as Lubitsch and Chaplin, Barnet's first solo feature is a charming satire that draws upon the speed and effortless grace of silent-era American romantic comedy.
It reveals Barnet's 'genius for comedy high and low, a delight in the eccentricities of the Russian personality and a poetic touch with landscapes and cityscapes' (Michael Wilmington).
