“Top Hat” is a memorable Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film where he plays a dancer who falls in love with her, while she mistakes him for a man who is married to her good friend. This musical is also a classic screwball comedy, well directed by Mark Sandrich (“Melody Cruise” 1933) and superbly written by Alan Scott and Dwight Taylor (story).
The musical score was composed by Irving Berlin, which included songs such as “Cheek to Cheek,” “Heat Wave,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” Co-stars include Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, and Lucille Ball in an uncredited part as a flower clerk. The watchable “Top Hat” was a huge hit at the Depression Era box office, the second highest grossing picture of 1935, for producer Pandro S. Berman and RKO Radio Pictures.
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire appeared in ten film together including “Flying Down to Rio” (1933), “The Gay Divorcee” (1934), “Roberta” (1935), “Top Hat” (1935), “Follow the Fleet” (1936), “Swing Time” (1936), “Shall We Dance” (1937), “Carefree” (1938), “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle” (1939), and “The Barkleys of Broadway” (1949).
Top Hat (1935)
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My Review
“Top Hat” is a memorable Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film where he plays a dancer who falls in love with her, while she mistakes him for a man who is married to her good friend. This musical is also a classic screwball comedy, well directed by Mark Sandrich (“Melody Cruise” 1933) and superbly written by Alan Scott and Dwight Taylor (story).
The musical score was composed by Irving Berlin, which included songs such as “Cheek to Cheek,” “Heat Wave,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” Co-stars include Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, and Lucille Ball in an uncredited part as a flower clerk. The watchable “Top Hat” was a huge hit at the Depression Era box office, the second highest grossing picture of 1935, for producer Pandro S. Berman and RKO Radio Pictures.
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire appeared in ten film together including “Flying Down to Rio” (1933), “The Gay Divorcee” (1934), “Roberta” (1935), “Top Hat” (1935), “Follow the Fleet” (1936), “Swing Time” (1936), “Shall We Dance” (1937), “Carefree” (1938), “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle” (1939), and “The Barkleys of Broadway” (1949).