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Donald Meek, Edgar Norton, Edward Everett Horton

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Mark Sandrich

Release Date: September 6, 1935

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DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005

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  • chickyboomo
    October 16, 2009
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  • rubystevens
    August 16, 2008
    rubystevens
    fred and ginger's best. the usual convoluted and frothy plot reaches dazzling heights. :D
  • binky013
    September 29, 2006
    binky013
    Horace Hardwick: You mean to sit there and tell me that that girl slapped your face in front of all those people for nothing?

    Jerry Travers: Well, what would you have done? Sold tickets?

    Really, friends, is there any better dance duo in screen history than Rogers and Asta

    ...( read more)ire? It is difficult to believe that this move is over 70 years old. Aside, obviously, from the visual look of the film due to technological reasons, this could have been made yesterday. The chemistry between the two is mesmerizing, even though they apparently were not great friends. They dance like they're in love; it's a wonder they didn't end up together.

    Just to throw some balance into the flixster synopsis. I personally don't find the story "silly." The word I would use is charming. Charming in the tradition of a comedy of manners. That chemistry between Rogers and Astaire carries over into their non-dancing moments as well. They can exchange lines, looks, and gestures with the best actors, and that fine acting carries the whole story to a higher level per force.

    Special praise for the performances of Erik Rhodes and, especially, Eric Blore as the butler of all butlers. And of course, flixsters, it's Irving Berlin. What could be better?
  • GJDWriter
    November 12, 2009
    GJDWriter
    A delightful musical. Fred and Ginger are at their toe-tapping best.
  • moviegirl50
    November 7, 2009
    moviegirl50
    Cute movie....enjoyable with great songs most of us recognize like Putting on my Tophat and Heaven..I'm in Heaven, (I think it's called Dancing Cheek to Cheek.) Really enjoyed the dancing, singing, costumes, sets and funny antics by Astaire and others. Glad I finally watched th...( read more)is and can't believe I hadn't already seen it somewhere along the line :)
  • Hallez
    September 13, 2009
    Hallez
    Fred Astaire iis mistaken for someone else by Ginger Rogers in this off beat tale about love dance & showbiz.
  • R0L0D3X
    September 6, 2009
    R0L0D3X
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    Even the best Fred and Ginger musicals are merely lavish excuses for s...( read more)ome of the most elegant dancing ever put on screen, and Top Hat is no exception. The story is a silly but timeless tale of mistaken identity that compounds itself to extremes. Fred Astaire is the famous American hoofer Jerry Travers, in London preparing for a new show with his befuddled producer Horace Hardwick (the always entertaining Edward Everett Horton) when he falls for Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers), a lovely, wisecracking American girl as light on her feet as Jerry.

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    Dale believes Jerry to be Horace, the husband of her best friend Madge (Helen Broderick) and rebuffs his advances by marrying her dressmaker Alberto (Erik Rhodes), but in the best tradition of musical comedy, true love finds its own way. Practically the entire cast of the 1934 hit The Gay Divorcee reunites for this frothy confection, along with director Mark Sandrich, designer Van Nest Polglase, and choreographer Hermes Pan. Irving Berlin provides a tuneful score, including "Cheek to Cheek," which provides a classic duet for Astaire and Rogers, and "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails," which remains one of Astaire's finest solo numbers. Polglase outdoes himself with sets both elegant and outrageous and Hermes Pan's choreography is as smooth as ever, but ultimately it's the grace and chemistry of the leads that makes Top Hat top entertainment



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  • truecockney
    September 3, 2009
    truecockney
    Has to be one of Fred and Gingers best. A seemingly simple case of mistaken identity goes to the point of no return, almost, and the geniousness (it's a word now if it wasn't!) of the Goodnight Tap was magical.
  • HorrorMovieCinema
    August 30, 2009
    HorrorMovieCinema
    I love most all old musical and this is saying something since I generally DON'T like musicals. So why do I like this one? The acting and supporting actors (such as Erik Blore and Edward Everett Horton, who were both very funny and endearing) are superb and the dialog is well-wri...( read more)tten. The music is also quite memorable and easy on the ears! And finally, the movie just seems to have incredible style and grace. You get some of this in the later movie The Gay Divorcee and a couple other of their films, though this one seems to feature Astaire and Rogers at the very top of their game. In fact, several of their movies look very similar, so I would say if you would watch only one, this is the one. As far as Astaire and Rogers go, this IS the closest they got to perfection.
  • akirecullen
    July 31, 2009
    akirecullen
    The dancing is beautiful and the suportting actor's are comic.

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January 20, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a w... full review

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