Top Hat (film)
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| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Screenplay by |
Allan Scott Dwight Taylor Ben Holmes Ralph Spence Károly Nóti (uncredited) |
| Based on |
Scandal in Budapest 1933 play by Sándor Faragó A Girl Who Dares 1933 play Aladar Laszlo |
| Starring |
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers |
| Music by |
Irving Berlin (songs) Max Steiner (score) |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | William Hamilton |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $609,000 |
| Box office | $3.2 million |
 Top Hat clips at TCM Movie Database
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Top Hat is a 1935 American screwball musical comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as Hardwick's valet Bates, Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini, a fashion designer and rival for Dale's affections, and Helen Broderick as Hardwick's long-suffering wife Madge.
The film was written by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor. It was directed by Mark Sandrich. The songs were written by Irving Berlin. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" and "Cheek to Cheek" have become American song classics. It has been nostalgically referred to — particularly its "Cheek to Cheek" segment — in many films, including The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and The Green Mile (1999).
Top Hat was the most successful picture of Astaire and Rogers' partnership (and Astaire's second most successful picture after Easter Parade), achieving second place in worldwide box-office receipts for 1935. While some dance critics maintain that Swing Time contained a finer set of dances,Top Hat remains, to this day, the partnership's best-known work.
An American dancer, Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) comes to London to star in a show produced by the bumbling Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). While practicing a tap dance routine in his hotel bedroom, he awakens Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) on the floor below. She storms upstairs to complain, whereupon Jerry falls hopelessly in love with her and proceeds to pursue her all over London.
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