Top Hat
Warner Bros. (1935)
Comedy, Musical, Romance
In Collection
#13126
0*
Seen ItYes
053939659023
IMDB   7.9
1 hr 40 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Ginger Rogers Dale Tremont
Helen Broderick Madge Hardwick
Fred Astaire Jerry Travers
Eric Blore Bates
Edward Everett Horton Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes Alberto Beddini
Robert Adair London Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lucille Ball Flower Clerk (uncredited)
Phyllis Coghlan (uncredited)
Gino Corrado Venice Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Director
Mark Sandrich
Lloyd French
Producer Pandro S. Berman
Writer Allan Scott
Dwight Taylor
Alexander Faragó
Aladar Laszlo
Cinematography David Abel


Perhaps the best remembered of the 10 Astaire/Rogers musicals, Top Hat has it all: Art Deco elegance, a whimsical storyline, loopy support from skilled farceurs and the incomparable chemistry of the two leads cheek-to-cheeking to Irving Berlin's finest film score. It's a wake-up call for romance when Fred's exuberant No Strings dance in his hotel suite disturbs the sleeping beauty (Ginger) in the room below. They meet cute, Fred decides he'd like a few strings (preferably a tied knot) after all and love beckons - until Ginger mistakenly gets the idea that Fred is a married playboy. Among the highlights: Fred mows down the chorus line in his signature Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, the shimmeringly dreamy 'Isn't It a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)' and the rhapsodically tender 'Cheek to Cheek'. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Top Hat is top-drawer entertainment magic.
Edition Details
Distributor Turner Home Ent
Release Date 8/16/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Commentary by Fred Astaire's Daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and Film Dance Historian Larry Billman
New Featurette On Top: Inside the Success of Top Hat
Comedy Short Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope
Classic Cartoon Page Miss Glory
Theatrical Trailer