High Hat (1937)
1937 · Feature film · 65 min · dir. Clifford Sanforth
- Comedy
Synopsis
Opera singer Elanda Lee gets so filled with herself, bordering on rude and snooty, that she finds herself out of work. Radio singer 'Sewanee' Collier takers her under his wing, and she becomes America's most popular radio star and is soon back on top.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Clifford Sanforth
- Writer
- Sherman L. Lowe
- Studio
- Imperial Productions
- Released
- 1937-01-01
- Running time
- 65 minutes
Cast & crew
- Clifford Sanforth Director
Frank Luther
Dorothy Dare
Lona Andre
Gavin Gordon
Franklin Pangborn
Esther Muir
Ferdinand Munier
Robert Warwick
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Light Weight · Poohbah70 · 2019-09-08
Entertaining enough for a glimpse at actors with short-lived careers and Franklin Pangborn singing. According to IMDb, all the actors sang their songs - no dubbing here. The story is rather silly - a girl (Dorothy Dare) with pretensions about "high art" versus that common jazz stuff - gets her chance, flops and then, with her boyfriend's help (Frank Luther) rises again and comes out on top. Dare is attractive, sings well enough and is decent dancer. Luther was a radio personality and recording artist specializing in children's songs, old standards, and "hillbilly" music - he has a pleasing…
