Hats Off
5.3
“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.
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Mae Clarke
Mary Jo Allen
Known for
Frankenstein
The Front Page
John Payne
Jimmy Maxwell
Known for
Miracle on 34th Street
Kansas City Confidential
Helen Lynd
Ginger Connolly
Known for
Of Mice and Men
The Strawberry Blonde
Luis Alberni
Caesar Rosero
Known for
The Lady Eve
Easy Living
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Buzz Morton
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
Franklin Pangborn
Mr. Churchill
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Design for Living
Robert Middlemass
Tex Connelly
Known for
A Day at the Races
The Black Room
George Irving
J.D. Murdock
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
Island of Lost Souls
Clarence Wilson
C.D. Pottingham
Known for
You Can't Take It with You
The Front Page
Ernie Stanton
Secretary
Also in
Mickey's Parrot
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Val Stanton
Valet
Also in
Duke of the Navy
Prison Train
Boris Petroff Director · Samuel Fuller Screenplay Edmund Joseph Screenplay
United States release December 5, 1936 · Produced in United States · Production Boris Petroff Productions
Production
Grand National Pictures
Production
Boris Petroff Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 5, 1936
Theatrical
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