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Hats Off
USA 1936
produced by Boris Petroff for Grand National
directed by Boris Petroff
starring Mae Clarke, John Payne, Helen Lynd, Luis Alberni, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Middlemass, George Irving, Clarence Wilson, the Three Radio Rogues (= Eddie Bartell, Jimmy Hollywood, Henry Taylor), Charles Sullivan, Jack Perry, Kernan Cripps, Charles King, William H.O'Brien, Ernie Stanton, Val Stanton
written by Samuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph, music and lyrics by Ben Oakland, Herb Magidson, dance directors: Arthur Dreifuss, Victor Petroff
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Two small Texas villages, Hempstead and Branfield, are in a fierce race
to put up the best ever exposition - and at the time being, Hempstead
seems to have the upper hand because of its press agent Jimmy Maxwell
(John Payne), who really works miracles it seems. But Branfield has a
secret weapon: Their press agent Jo Allen - and what's Jo Allen's secret?
That he's really an attractive woman, Mary Jo Allen (Mae Clarke), and as
an attractive woman she has no problems working her way into Maxwell's
heart and staying ahead of the competition just by sticking with him. So
she can eventually win over New York impresario Caesar Rosero (Luis
Alberni) for Branfield as well as oilbaron financier Connolly (Robert
Middlemass), both Maxwell's ideas. When Maxwell finds out he's been had,
and by the woman he's fallen in love with, too, it breaks his heart - but
it also weighs heavy on her conscience, so she quits her job. And the
whole thing has a happy end when Rosero puts up his revue in Hempstead
after all, and Maxwell and Mary Jo kiss to Rosero's girls dancing ... Mainly
known today for being Samuel Fuller's first scriptwriting assignment, this
is actually not a very good film - mostly due to a weak script I'm afraid
to say: The story is far fetched and not all that believable, the
characters lack depth, unnecessary subplots - particularly that one about
Connolly's wannabe-singer daughter (Helen Lynd) - are given too much room
to be ignored yet too little room to actually bloom, and the finale lacks
excitement or narrative or emotional build-up. Most of the musical numbers
are pretty decent and decently directed, though ...
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
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the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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