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Released
1927 · FILM

Hats Off

Directed by
Written by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
20 min
Language
DE
Comedy

Synopsis

Stan and Ollie are salesmen trying to sell a washing machine, but they repeatedly fail despite several close opportunities. In one attempted sale, they carry the machine up a large flight of stairs, only to discover that a young woman wants them to post a letter for her. Later, the two get into a disagreement that escalates into a chaotic exchange of knocking each other's hats off, drawing in numerous bystanders. The commotion eventually leads to a police van taking most of those involved away, leaving only Stan and Ollie. Afterward, they attempt to locate their own hats among the hundreds scattered on the street.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard C CurrierShot by George Stevens

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