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High Hat (1927 film)

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High Hat
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Directed byJames Ashmore Creelman
Written byMelville Baker
Produced byRobert Kane
StarringSam Hardy
Mary Brian
CinematographyWilliam Schurr
Production
company
Robert Kane Productions
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • March 13, 1927 (1927-03-13)[1]
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

High Hat is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James Ashmore Creelman and starring Sam Hardy and Mary Brian.[2][3]

Plot

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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

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Preservation

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With no prints of High Hat located in any film archives,[5]

References

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  1. ^ "High Hat". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson (2016). "High Hat". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: High Hat at silentera.com]
  4. ^ "High Hat". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  5. ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: High Hat
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