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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   5,568 votes
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Director:
Mark Sandrich
Writers:
Allan Scott (writer)
Dwight Taylor (screenplay)
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Release Date:
6 September 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
They're Dancing Cheek-To-Cheek Again! more
Plot:
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Flying down to Venice more (73 total)
US TV Schedule:
Thur. Nov. 264:00 PMTCM   

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Fred Astaire ... Jerry Travers

Ginger Rogers ... Dale Tremont

Edward Everett Horton ... Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes ... Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore ... Bates
Helen Broderick ... Madge Hardwick
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Adair ... London Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Lucille Ball ... Flower Clerk (uncredited)
Phyllis Coghlan ... (uncredited)

Gino Corrado ... Venice Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Tom Costello ... (uncredited)
Jack Geiger ... Dancer (uncredited)
Charlie Hall ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Peter Hobbes ... Theater Callboy (uncredited)
Ben Holmes ... (uncredited)
John Impolito ... (uncredited)
Lora Lane ... Dancer (uncredited)
Donald Meek ... (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
Frank Mills ... Lido Waiter (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie ... Flower Salesman (uncredited)
Edgar Norton ... London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe ... Elevator Passenger / Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Ricketts ... Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)
Florence Roberts ... (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
Rita Rozelle ... Dancer (uncredited)
Genaro Spagnoli ... Fisherman (uncredited)
Mary Stewart ... Dancer (uncredited)
Nick Thompson ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mark Sandrich 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Sándor Faragó  play (uncredited)
Aladar Laszlo  play (uncredited)
Károly Nóti  uncredited
Allan Scott  writer
Dwight Taylor  screenplay
Dwight Taylor  story

Produced by
Pandro S. Berman .... producer
 
Cinematography by
David Abel 
 
Film Editing by
William Hamilton 
 
Art Direction by
Van Nest Polglase 
 
Costume Design by
Bernard Newman (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Mel Berns .... makeup artist (uncredited)
Robert J. Schiffer .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Argyle Nelson .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Carroll Clark .... associate art director
Thomas Little .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
George Marsh .... sound editor
Hugh McDowell Jr. .... sound recordist
Eddie Harman .... sound recordist (uncredited)
Clem Portman .... sound re-recordist (uncredited)
John E. Tribby .... sound recordist (uncredited)
Richard Van Hessen .... boom operator (uncredited)
Robert Wise .... sound effects editor (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Vernon L. Walker .... photographic effects
Harry Redmond Jr. .... special effects (uncredited)
Harry Redmond Sr. .... special effects supervisor (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Miehle .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Stephen Bearman .... colorist
 
Music Department
Philip Faulkner Jr. .... music recordist (as P.J. Faulkner Jr.)
Max Steiner .... musical director
Maurice De Packh .... music arranger (uncredited)
Arthur Knowlton .... music arranger (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell .... music arranger (uncredited)
Gene Rose .... music arranger (uncredited)
Eddie Sharpe .... music arranger (uncredited)
Max Steiner .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Hermes Pan .... choreographer
Fred Astaire .... choreographer (uncredited)
Elizabeth McGaffey .... research director (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
101 min | USA:81 min (re-release) (re-edited version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Approved
Company:
RKO Radio Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Early drafts of the script called for Irving Berlin songs "Wild About You", "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" (to be sung by Ginger Rogers) and "You're the Cause", but they were not used in the final version. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Horace and Bates are speaking to the hotel manager, the hook of the coat hanger that Bates is holding changes orientation between shots. more
Quotes:
Jerry Travers: Are you afraid of thunder?
Dale Tremont: Oh, no. It's just the noise.
Jerry Travers: You know what thunder is, don't you?
Dale Tremont: Of course. It's something about the air.
Jerry Travers: No, no. When a clumsy cloud from here meets a fluffy little cloud from there, he billows towards her. She scurries away and he scuds right up to her. She cries a little and there you have you showers. He comforts her. They spark. That's the lightning. They kiss. Thunder.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Monk: Mr. Monk Is the Best Man (#8.13)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Flying down to Venice, 21 May 2006
8/10
Author: jotix100 from New York

"Top Hat" is one of the best films Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made together. Jay Sandrich, the director of most of their films knew what to bring to the story to make it perfect. It also helps the genial Irving Berlin was on hand to write some of his most beautiful songs to be sung in Fred Astaire's usual impeccable style. The sets were designed by Van Nest Polglase, who is equally at home showing Manhattan interiors as well as the Venetian fantasy sets.

Much has been said in this forum about the film, so we'll only add that Fred Astaire's Jerry was one of his best creations. Ginger Rogers as Dale Tremont, the high fashion model, shows an exquisite figure and is fine in keeping pace with Fred Astaire's dancing "cheek to cheek". The other best thing about "Top Hat" are: Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, and Eric Blore. These three character actors are at their finest in the film. They make everything work because they are always there to lend a hand for the stars to shine without being on the way.

"Top Hat" is a happy film that keeps delighting viewers any time one is lucky enough to fall under its spell.

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