High Hat (1927 film)
| High Hat | |
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| Directed by | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Written by | Melville Baker |
| Produced by | Robert Kane |
| Starring | Sam Hardy Mary Brian |
| Cinematography | William Schurr |
Production company | Robert Kane Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
High Hat is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James Ashmore Creelman and starring Sam Hardy and Mary Brian.[2][3]
Plot[edit]
High Hat is a movie extra at First National Pictures, but sees himself as the studio pundit, dispensing advice to stars such as John Barrymore and Pola Negri. A studio seamstress named Millie gets him a lucrative "closeup" assignment in the German director Von Strogoff's epic about the Russian Revolution, but he gets fired after falling asleep on a prop bed. Millie loses valuable jewellery entrusted by her to the thief Tony, and High Hat comes to her rescue. His fight with Tony is recorded by Von Strogoff and used in the film.[4]
Cast[edit]
- Ben Lyon as Jerry
- Mary Brian as Millie
- Sam Hardy as Tony
- Osgood Perkins as The Assistant Director
- Jack Ackroyd as The Property Man
- Iris Gray as Movie Star
- Ione Holmes as Movie Star
- Franklin Pangborn as Undetermined Role
- Lucien Prival as Undetermined Role
Preservation[edit]
With no prints of High Hat located in any film archives,[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "High Hat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2016). "High Hat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: High Hat at silentera.com]
- ^ "High Hat". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: High Hat
External links[edit]
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