Hats Off
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Hats Off is a Laurel and Hardy
silent comedy film. It was made in 1927
by the Hal Roach Studios. It starred Stan Laurel
and Oliver Hardy
and is considered a lost film
.
; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying the machine up a large flight of steps, merely to find out that a young lady wants them to post a letter for her. The boys later get into an argument knocking off each others' hats, which eventually involves scores of others. A police van eventually carts all those involved away except Stan and Ollie, who afterwards try and find their own headgear amongst the hundreds of others lying on the street.
team with the film-going public. After being last publicly shown in Germany
in 1930, Hats Off vanished without a trace, and is now considered a lost film. The supporting players of the film are James Finlayson, Anita Garvin
and Dorothy Coburn
.
. Although a piano was delivered rather than a washing machine.
Hats Off was also remade by Hal Yates in a film called It's Your Move (1945), starring Edgar Kennedy
.
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
silent comedy film. It was made in 1927
1927 in film
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by the Hal Roach Studios. It starred Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel
Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...
and Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...
and is considered a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Plot
Stan and Ollie are salesmen attempting to sell a washing machineWashing machine
A washing machine is a machine designed to wash laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets...
; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying the machine up a large flight of steps, merely to find out that a young lady wants them to post a letter for her. The boys later get into an argument knocking off each others' hats, which eventually involves scores of others. A police van eventually carts all those involved away except Stan and Ollie, who afterwards try and find their own headgear amongst the hundreds of others lying on the street.
History
The film was apparently an enormous success when first released which made considerable headway in establishing the Laurel and HardyLaurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...
team with the film-going public. After being last publicly shown in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1930, Hats Off vanished without a trace, and is now considered a lost film. The supporting players of the film are James Finlayson, Anita Garvin
Anita Garvin
Anita Garvin was an American actress and comedienne who appeared in both silent and sound films. She is best known for her work with comedians Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase....
and Dorothy Coburn
Dorothy Coburn
Dorothy Coburn was a dark-haired actress, who appeared in a number of the early Laurel and Hardy silents. She was niece of author Walt Coburn, and granddaughter of Robert Coburn Sr., founder of the famous Circle C Ranch in Montana.Raised in Prescott, Arizona, Coburn was born to cowboy-poet and...
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Remakes
Hats Off was heavily reworked into Laurel and Hardy's Academy Award winning classic, The Music Box (1932). It incorporated the same location, a long, steep flight of concrete steps in the Silver Lake district of Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Although a piano was delivered rather than a washing machine.
Hats Off was also remade by Hal Yates in a film called It's Your Move (1945), starring Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Livingston Kennedy was an American comedic film actor, known as "the king of the slow burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper...
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External links
- Hats Off With Laurel and Hardy at youtube.com
- It's Your Move at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...