''High Hat'' is a 1927 American film directed by

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Plot

High Hat is a movie extra at

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, but sees himself as the studio pundit, dispensing advice to stars such as

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and

Pola Negri Pola Negri (; born Apolonia Chalupec ; 3 January 1897 – 1 August 1987) was a Polish stage and film actress and singer. She achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme ...

. A studio seamstress named Millie gets him a lucrative "closeup" assignment in the German director Von Strogoff's epic about the

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, 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.

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* 1927 films 1920s English-language films 1927 directorial debut films 1927 comedy films First National Pictures films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub