Hats Off. 1936. Directed by Boris Petroff

Film

Hats Off. 1936. USA. Directed by Boris Petroff. 70 min.

Screenplay by Samuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph. With Mae Clarke, John Payne, Richard “Skeets” Gallagher. Fuller received his first film credit, for story and screenplay, on this rarely seen comedy, an exceptionally ambitious effort from the Poverty Row studio Grand National. Clarke (then on her way down as a star) and Payne (then on his way up) are press agents who will stop at nothing to promote their respective clients: expositions staged by rival “twin cities” in Texas. 35mm.

This film accompanies MoMA Presents: A Fuller Life.

Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 4:30 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Thu, Aug 14, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater

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