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Top Hat

  • 19351935
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935)
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An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
20K
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    • Mark Sandrich
  • Writers
    • Dwight Taylor(screen play)
    • Allan Scott(screen play)
    • Aladar Laszlo(play)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Edward Everett Horton
    • Mark Sandrich
  • Writers
    • Dwight Taylor(screen play)
    • Allan Scott(screen play)
    • Aladar Laszlo(play)
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Edward Everett Horton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 143User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 92Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 4 Oscars

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Jerry Travers
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Dale Tremont
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Horace Hardwick
    Erik Rhodes
    Erik Rhodes
    • Alberto Beddini
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Bates
    Helen Broderick
    Helen Broderick
    • Madge Hardwick
    Robert Adair
    • London Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Flower Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Tito Blasco
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    William A. Boardway
    William A. Boardway
    • Club Member
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Brandon
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Brent
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Brodus
    • Hotel Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Phyllis Coghlan
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Venice Hotel Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Costello
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Lorinne Crawford
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Cross
    • Hotel Guest
    • (uncredited)
      • Mark Sandrich
    • Writers
      • Dwight Taylor(screen play) (story)
      • Allan Scott(screen play)
      • Aladar Laszlo(play) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The finale of "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" production number with Fred Astaire miming his cane as a weapon "attacking" his supporting dancers, 13 canes were prepared for it. During shooting, Astaire, ever the unforgiving perfectionist, was continually breaking his canes in frustration at his mistakes, which concerned the crew that he was running out of them. As it turns out, the shooting of the scene was finished with the very last cane.
    • Goofs
      The opening scenes shows Jerry Travers already seated in the lounge of the club. No gentlemen's club, at least a London club, to this day allows guests to be seated in the lounge before their sponsor arrives and vouches for them.
    • Quotes

      Jerry Travers: In dealing with a girl or horse, one just lets nature take its course.

    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Fabulous Musicals (1963)
    • Soundtracks
      Alexander's Ragtime Band
      (1911) (fragment) (uncredited)

      Music by Irving Berlin

      In the score during the opening credits

    User reviews143

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    8/10
    You can't help but smile watching this movie.
    I'm only just now beginning to realize how silly the plot and some of the comedy was in this movie. When I watched it, it was perfectly wonderful, and I smiled all the way through. Fred and Ginger, of course, are perfect, whether dancing so memorably to the likes of "Isn't It a Lovely Day" and "Cheek to Cheek" or pitching woo. Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Helen Broderick kept it moving with their throughly entertaining comedy relief. Even almost 65 years after its premeire, it's still in tip-top condition, both in the print and in its impact, on first viewing, at least. (I'm afraid to watch it again, for fear the impact will be destroyed.)

    I've seen almost all of Fred and Ginger's pictures since viewing this. Some are good, some less so, and all have their moments of excellence. But none of them matched this one in my mind for sheer feel-goodness. The ones that came closest were Swing Time, Shall We Dance, and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle and The Barkleys of Broadway, the last two because they had quite plausible stories, (and in the case of Castle, one based on real life). But still, Top Hat is Fred and Ginger at their best, and hopefully will always stay that way in my mind.
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    • Dec 23, 1999

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    • Release date
      • September 6, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 41 minutes
      • Black and White

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