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Step into the wacky world of classic animation with โ€œMad Hatterโ€ (1940) โ€” a timeless cartoon from Columbia Screen Gems!
This vintage cartoon masterpiece is filled with laughs, surprises, and unforgettable antics. Perfect for kids, families, and lovers of retro animation, this cartoon brings the golden age of animation to life once more.

๐Ÿ‘’ Watch the Mad Hatter cause hilarious chaos in this delightful classic from the 1940s!
๐ŸŽž๏ธ Part of the legendary Columbia Screen Gems animation collection.

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Classic cartoon enthusiasts

Family entertainment

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Animation history lovers

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Transcript
00:00Let's spend the day with the average working girl.
00:16Maisie is due at the office at 8.30.
00:19She has the alarm set for 8.25.
00:22That gives her exactly five minutes to take a shower,
00:26get dressed,
00:28fix her hair,
00:30have her breakfast,
00:32take a bus,
00:33and arrive at the office.
00:35Let's get back to Maisie and see what happens.
00:39There's the bell, and there goes Maisie.
00:42It's a fast break, and Maisie leads a feel around the far turn.
00:45She reaches the bathroom and overtakes the shower by two lengths.
00:48It's Maisie by one.
00:50As she passes the clubhouse turn,
00:51in a steady drive, saves ground and brushes her teeth.
00:54Heading down the back stretch, staying close to the rail,
00:57Maisie slips into a slip,
00:58and now she heads down the back stretch of her neck
01:01and ties her hair into a careful knot.
01:03She shows great form and grace as she steadily keeps her pace.
01:07A dab of this and a dab of that,
01:09a dash of this and a dash of that,
01:11and Maisie looks like,
01:12well,
01:12there she goes in a steady drive.
01:15And now she's back, still keeping her pace with indigestion.
01:18She drives on with donuts and coffee.
01:21The bus takes the lead.
01:22It's pulling away, and Maisie falls back by six lengths
01:25as she passes the three-quarter pole.
01:27As the bus comes thundering down the back stretch,
01:29Maisie goes to the whip.
01:31It's Maisie by two.
01:32It's Maisie by one.
01:33By a neck, a nose,
01:35and she makes it.
01:39And now Maisie takes the lead again.
01:42Heading down the home stretch,
01:43she steadily increases her stride as she enters the elevator.
01:47Six,
01:47twelve,
01:48seventeen lengths in the lead,
01:49and now she's losing ground.
01:51Keep going, Maisie.
01:52Don't give up.
01:52It's going to be a driving finish.
01:55It's one minute to 8.30,
01:56and here comes Maisie.
01:58Well, that was a close finish,
02:04and now Maisie is getting ready for a hard day's work.
02:10As Maisie toils away,
02:13the hours pass very slowly.
02:15It's now 12 o'clock,
02:18and Maisie stops at the corner drugstore
02:21to have her lunch.
02:24After lunch,
02:25we see Maisie back at the office,
02:27continuing her daily struggle
02:28until 5.30.
02:33It's 5.30, Maisie.
02:37And now the scene changes
02:39to a millinery shop
02:40on Fifth Avenue.
02:44Here we find Maisie
02:45trying on some new hats.
02:48How about this one?
02:49No, no, no, that won't be.
02:52Mm-mm, too big.
02:54Chapeau a la mode.
02:57Something from Paris,
02:58very becoming.
03:00The peekaboo model.
03:02You don't care for it?
03:04The droopy ear model.
03:07Princess Eugenie's convertible snood.
03:10How about a night in Venice?
03:13Moonlight's another.
03:15Seabiscuit model.
03:16The Venetian garden.
03:19The Venetian garden.
03:20Right turn model.
03:23Perhaps a left turn.
03:25Sports model.
03:28This one?
03:29What, this?
03:29Here's one.
03:30The snug chin biologer.
03:33Perhaps this.
03:33Very becoming.
03:34No?
03:35Care for this?
03:37How about the jackpot?
03:38How about that one?
03:43Oh, that one is made to order.
03:46Hat designing department.
03:47Call for model 36.
03:49Call for model 36.
03:51Call for model 36.
03:53We now visit the hat designing department.
03:56Here we see the women's hat designers
03:58comfortably working
04:00in their padded cells.
04:01Call for model 36.
04:19Call for model 36.
04:21Call for model 36.
04:21Hold it, Chester.
04:34Hold it.
04:35Let go of me.
04:36Let go of me.
04:38I have a little job for you, Chester.
04:46Upset-daisy.
04:48Oh, I'm going to make a hat.
04:49I'm going to make a hat.
04:52It's wonderful.
04:53It's marvelous.
04:55Beautiful.
04:55It's wonderful.
05:21It's adorable.
05:23It's beautiful.
05:25It's beautiful.
05:27It's adorable.
05:27And so, Maisie buys the hat.
05:32Here we see Maisie promenading on the boulevard,
05:36proudly wearing her new bonnet.
05:48Hats, hats, hats, hats, hats, hats, hats, hats, hats to the right of us, hats to the left of us.
06:06Let's pause a moment.
06:07Let's pause a moment and pay tribute to those unsung heroes, those forgotten men, our hat designers.
06:15These geniuses of the headgear were once happy, carefree, normal men, even as you and I.
06:24They've sacrificed their lives for the things and stuff the fair sex put on top of their heads.
06:29They've given everything, their homes, their families, their futures, their lives.
06:35For what?
06:36For this, a woman's hat.
06:38For this, a woman's hat.

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