Hats Off (1936)

★★★★★ · A Tale of Two Tuneful Texas Towns · ridetheory · 2004-04-30

Neighboring rival Texas towns vie to open their exposition before the other. No mere State Fairs these, they're more like elaborate Art Deco World's Fairs. (The stock footage looks like it may have been shot at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.) One town hires a PR man, Jimmy Maxwell (John Payne). The other town follows suit, not realizing that their tough-as-nails press agent Jo Allen (Mae Clarke) is a woman. She, in turn, employs an exercise lecturer (Franklyn Pangborn, in one of his typical jittery roles) to pose as "Jo" so she can go undercover, disguising herself as a school teacher to…

★★★★★ · Cute movie · AppleGirl · 2004-07-10

This film has a little bit of everything: eleborate musical numbers, a cute little plot, several scenes with brief footage that is definitely from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. A must-see if you're a fan of art deco and art moderne.

★★★★ · Nice and Sweet · Ann Smithy · 2010-07-05

This movie is a good spend of time. Chorus girls, and show life dance, tapp. John Payne is like Jimmie Stewart as stated above. I enjoyed this one. (I appreciate John Payne more in this one)

★★★ · Wah-oh. · Spuzz · 2006-04-26

This is a bit of an odd curio, in the fact that this is looks to be an attempted at a high-polished musical by a low rent studio. The Results are mixed here. Some of the songs are rather low rent.. I mean, the Twinkle Twinkle bit is nothing short of stupid, and the final number is just plain boring, but the boxing number and the bar sequence are fun, though implausible (How can a boxing match be commentated by a sextet?) The story is screams 1930s, about dueling fairs in nearby cities, and their attempts to outdo each other. John Payne and Mae Clarke play the publicists of the two fairs, and…