Hats Off (1936)
Tops in Youth...Melody...Charm
66 min
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.
- Release date
- December 5, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mae Clarke as Jo Allen
- John Payne as Jimmy Maxwell
- Helen Lynd as Ginger Connolly
- Luis Alberni as Rosero
- Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher as Buzz Morton
- Franklin Pangborn as Mr. Churchill
- Robert Middlemass as Tex Connolly
- George Irving as J.B. Murdock
- Clarence Wilson as Mr. Pottingham
- Val Stanton as Valet
Crew
- Boris Petroff · Director
- Edmund Joseph · Writer
- Samuel Fuller · Writer
- Thiele Lawrence · Writer
- Boris Petroff · Producer
- Harry Neumann · Cinematographer
- Thomas Neff · Editor
- Walter S. Stern · Editor