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The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.Read moreLess
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.
The story
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.
Cast & crew
Mae ClarkeMary Jo Allen
John PayneJimmy Maxwell
Helen LyndGinger Connolly
Luis AlberniCaesar Rosero
Richard 'Skeets' GallagherBuzz Morton
Franklin PangbornMr. Churchill
Robert MiddlemassTex Connelly
George IrvingJ.D. Murdock
Clarence WilsonC.D. Pottingham
Ernie StantonSecretary
Val StantonValetExplore the crew
- Director
- Boris Petroff
- Screenplay
- Edmund Joseph
- Screenplay
- Samuel Fuller