High Hat
Cast & Crew
Clifford Sanforth
Frank Luther
Dorothy Dare
Lona Andre
Franklin Pangborn
Ferdinand Munier
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At the WNDB radio broadcasting company, Mr. Breton sings opera in a properties room and is joined by Swanee Collier, who introduces him to a new song. Breton is so moved by the piece that he kisses the photograph of his girl friend. Elanda Lee, a classically trained singer, arrives at the station with her friend, Dixie Durkin, to see Craig Du Pont, Sr. for an audition. Although she has an excellent voice, Elanda does not easily adapt to the trend of "swing" music. Eventually, a romance develops between Elanda and Swanee, and with his help, she becomes a success. [No further information on the plot was found.]
Director
Clifford Sanforth
Cast
Frank Luther
Dorothy Dare
Lona Andre
Franklin Pangborn
Ferdinand Munier
Robert Warwick
Esther Muir
Gavin Gordon
Clarence Muse
Downey Sisters
Sonny Edwards
Buddy Edwards
Don Raymond
Arnold Gray
Kermit Holven
Ted Dawson And Orchestra
Harry Harvey
Bruce Mitchell
Crew
Charles Abbott
Mal Delay
Ross Di Maggio
Frieta Shaw Singers
Jack Greenhalgh
Sherman L. Lowe
Frank Luther
Winston Moore
Clarence Muse
Clifford Sanforth
Frank Silos
Henry Spitz
Oliver S. Wallace
Howard Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Only one reel of this film was available for viewing. Although the viewed print includes a 1936 copyright statement, the title is not listed in the copyright register. The print also includes a statement that Imperial Pictures controlled the world rights to the film. Although production for this film began January 21, 1936, a June 30, 1936 Variety news item states that the film "has been completed for September release," and the film's Code seal was given on June 29, 1936, which suggests that the film was not completed until late June 1936. Pre-production news items alternately list the film as a Cameo and an Imperial production, although only Imperial is mentioned on the viewed print and in the Variety review. Although the film was listed under Imperial's "coming attractions" in an Motion Picture Herald release chart on July 4, 1936 with a projected release date of September 1, 1936, a July 3, 1937 release chart gives a general release date of January 1, 1937. The film was not released in New York until March 11, 1938, when it was reviewed by Variety. No other reviews have been located for the film. In a Hollywood Reporter news item and production chart, Martin Cohn is listed with Mel Delay and Henry Spitz (who were both credited on the viewed print) as part of a "3-man supervising committee" for the film, although he is not mentioned in reviews. Frieta Shaw is listed in the cast in a Hollywood Reporter production chart, although it is unclear whether or not she appeared in the final film. The Hollywood Reporter production chart also credits Hans Weeren and August Peterson with sound, although they were later replaced. Frank Luther was a radio tenor. Variety transposed Lona Andre and Esther Muir's character names in its cast list.
