Stage Fright, Tiny's Straw Boaters Hat

original movie prop

A vaudevillian's act involving the juggling of dogs is no longer a hit. He and his partner must face a brutal villain and assorted obstacles in order to secure their future. From the 1997 Aardman short “Stage Fright”, this is the straw boaters hat that is one of the props the short film is centered upon. Tiny, a dog trainer, hides with his dogs in a wicker basket on the stage of an abandoned vaudeville theater. He emerges to have them practice a trick, attacking a tattered straw boater hat on command.