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Release Date:
16 July 1937 (USA) moreTagline:
90 ROARING MINUTES OF LAUGHS! (original 11x14 title lobby card) morePlot:
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
Introducing George and Marion Kirby, ghosts moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. July 26 | 10:30 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Constance Bennett | ... | Marion Kerby | |
| Cary Grant | ... | George Kerby | |
| Roland Young | ... | Cosmo Topper | |
| Billie Burke | ... | Mrs. Clara Topper | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Wilkins | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Casey | |
| Arthur Lake | ... | Elevator Boy | |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Mrs. Grace Stuyvesant | |
| Virginia Sale | ... | Miss Johnson | |
| Theodore von Eltz | ... | Hotel Manager | |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... | Policeman (as J. Farrell McDonald) | |
| Elaine Shepard | ... | Secretary | |
| Doodles Weaver | ... | Rustic | |
| Si Jenks | ... | Rustic | |
| Three Hits and a Miss | ... | Themselves - Vocal Quartette |
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97 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #3272) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:o.Al.Filming Locations:
Bullock's Wilshire Department Store - 3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Producer Hal Roach wanted W.C. Fields and Jean Harlow to costar as George and Marian Kerby, but neither was available at the time. moreQuotes:
Cosmo Topper: My wife objects to drinking.George Kerby: Then she shouldn't drink.
Cosmo Topper: She doesn't.
George Kerby: What's her objection?
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The Old Oaken Bucket moreFAQ
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A dead couple is determined to loosen up their friend in "Topper," a 1937 comedy starring Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, and Billie Burke. Cosmo Topper (Young) is a bank president whose wife (Burke) has him on a strict schedule and, though unhappy, Cosmo complies.
When bank stockholders George and Marion Kirby are killed when their car crashes into a tree, the two become worried about what St. Peter will have to say to them. They were, after all, two fun-loving, hard-drinking, partying kooks. They decide they must do a good deed before approaching the pearly gates so they make loosening up Topper their project.
This is a wonderful film that inspired the Leo G. Carroll TV series with real-life marrieds Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling as Marion and George. The special effects in the 1937 film are groundbreaking and ingenious. Mores have changed over the years - driving drunk is no longer acceptable. I'm afraid George and Marion would be heartily disapproved of today. Nevertheless, they're a gorgeous, glamorous couple and the real stuff of fantasy. Bennett only has a couple of years of big stardom left and, with his second billing, Cary Grant is still on the ascent. They're both hilariously madcap, Grant blasting into a stockholders' meeting and trying to take notes, and Bennett flirting with poor Topper in her silky voice.
Roland Young is the perfect Topper - henpecked, confused, and a nervous wreck. He's a man dying to break free of his shackles, and he's always envied George and Marion's lifestyle, even though it killed them. His frustration and unhappiness make him sympathetic, and the audience is with him all the way.
Very enjoyable, with some effects that were eye-popping in 1937. Don't miss "Topper." It's a classic.