Since "The Lost Silk Hat" was only the third episode of an otherwise fantastic series, I guess I can overlook how bad this one is...but it really, really is stupid. I can see why Ronald Colman was not asked to write further episodes of "Four Star Playhouse"!
The film begins with a fancily dressed Colman leaving some fashionable British home. However, he forgot his hat inside and cannot bring himself to go back because apparently he promised NEVER to return after having a fight with the lady who lives inside. So, he keeps approaching strangers--asking them to sneak inside and retrieve the hat. This make no sense nor do any of the characters he meets--they are just bizarro goofballs. In fact NOTHING about the show makes any sense at all...and it strains all credibility that anyone could behave like these folks. Ill-conceived and not the least bit entertaining. And a waste of a good actor...though it's his fault he was in such a turkey!