WriterSamuel Fuller, Samuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph, Edmund Joseph, Thiele Lawrence Release dateDecember 6, 1936 (1936-12-06) ScreenplaySamuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph, Thiele Lawrence Story bySamuel Fuller, Edmund Joseph CastMae 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) Similar moviesJohn Payne appears in Hats Off and Footlight Serenade
Rival press agents (Mae Clarke, John Payne) compete for talent for twin-city expositions.
Hats Off (1936) is an American film directed by Boris Petroff, and originally released by Grand National Pictures. The film is now in the public domain.
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
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 Churchill
Robert Middlemass as Tex Connelly
George Irving as J.D. Murdock
Clarence Wilson as C.D. Pottingham
Similar Movies
John Payne appears in Hats Off and Footlight Serenade. The Yanks Are Coming (1942). John Payne appears in Hats Off and Hello - Frisco - Hello. John Payne appears in Hats Off and The Great American Broadcast. King Kelly of the USA (1934).
Soundtrack
"Hats Off" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)
"Where Have You Been All My Life?" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)
"Little Odd Rhythm" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)
"Lets Have Another" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)
"Zilchs Hats" (Music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Herb Magidson)