Review of Three Hats for Lisa

Joe Brown was a pop star of the early 60's, he was also quite a good actor, although the plot of this film is rather flimsy, an Italian heiress on holiday in the London of the swinging 60's who is obsessed with collecting hats, the pace and energy and catchy little songs (Three Hats for Lisa, Two Cockney Kids), make it an entertaining little romp, and for those of us who grew up in 60's London a nostalgic look back to London when it was a great city. Joe Brown, Una Stubbs, Sid James make a good team and work well together. This film was made in the days when musical films starring British pop stars of the day were the norm (Cliff Richards with 'The Young Ones', 'Summer Holiday', etc. Tommy Steele with 'The Duke wore Jeans', 'Tommy the Toreadore', etc. Billy Fury with 'I got a Horse', The Beatles with 'Hard Days Night', 'Help', Dave Clarke Five with 'Catch us if you can', Hermans Hermits with 'Mrs Brown you have a lovely daughter' and etc etc etc), and as such were never meant to be taken seriously. Joe Brown also had a previous film 'What a crazy world', and as far as these pop films go, Three hats has to be rated as one of the better ones.