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.
Mae Clarke
as Mary Jo Allen
John Payne
as Jimmy Maxwell
Helen Lynd
as Ginger Connolly
Luis Alberni
as Caesar Rosero
Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
as Buzz Morton
Franklin Pangborn
as Mr. Churchill
Robert Middlemass
as Tex Connelly
George Irving
as J.D. Murdock
Clarence Wilson
as C.D. Pottingham
