You Said a Hatful!

Charley Chase made quite a few short comedies in the 1920s-30s. He also directed himself and others during his time with Hal Roach Studios. While never as popular as Laurel & Hardy at Roach, his films were among the better ones the studio made. Sadly, he left Roach in the late 1930s and his films for other studios were mostly disappoinments. While "You Said a Hatful!" is a good Roach outing, it's not among his very best.

In this story, Charley's boss wants to buy the T, T & T Railroad and wants to hurry with his secretary, Charley, to Kansas City to finalize the deal. But, in an odd twist, he wants Charley to pretend to be the boss and the boss will pretend to be the secretary. Why? Because the boss is worried someone will try to stop him from arriving on time to buy the railroad...and if they do attack anyone, it will be Charley and not him!

The plan doesn't go at all as the boss expected. First, his daughter shows up and decides to go with them...which irritates her rich daddy, as he doesn't want her hanging out with Charley. Second, dumb Charley got them tickets for the WRONG destination.... Omaha instead of Kansas City! A third problem develops as well...but you'll have to watch the film to see what that is.

While the film isn't brilliant, it is fun and has a few good moments.