Hats Off (1936)
Tops in Youth...Melody...Charm
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.
- Date of release
- 1936-12-05
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Director
- Boris Petroff
Casting
- Mae Clarke — Mary Jo Allen
- John Payne — Jimmy Maxwell
- Helen Lynd — Ginger Connolly
- Luis Alberni — Caesar Rosero
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher — Buzz Morton
- Franklin Pangborn — Mr. Churchill
- Robert Middlemass — Tex Connelly
- George Irving — J.D. Murdock
- Clarence Wilson — C.D. Pottingham
- Ernie Stanton — Secretary
- Val Stanton — Valet
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