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6 September 1935 (USA)
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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...
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
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1 nomination
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Flying down to Venice
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Fred Astaire | ... | Jerry Travers | |
| Ginger Rogers | ... | Dale Tremont | |
| Edward Everett Horton | ... | Horace Hardwick | |
| Erik Rhodes | ... | Alberto Beddini | |
| Eric Blore | ... | Bates | |
| Helen Broderick | ... | Madge Hardwick |
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101 min | USA:81 min (re-release) (re-edited version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Victor System)
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For the "Cheek to Cheek" number, Ginger Rogers wanted to wear an elaborate blue dress heavily decked out with ostrich feathers. When director Mark Sandrich and Fred Astaire saw the dress, they knew it would be impractical for the dance. Sandrich suggested that Rogers wear the white gown she had worn performing "Night and Day" in The Gay Divorcee (1934). Rogers walked off the set, finally returning when Sandrich agreed to let her wear the offending blue dress. As there was no time for rehearsals, Ginger Rogers wore the blue feathered dress for the first time during filming, and as Astaire and Sandrich had feared, feathers started coming off the dress. Astaire later claimed it was like "a chicken being attacked by a coyote". In the final film, some stray feathers can be seen drifting off it. To patch up the rift between them, Astaire presented Rogers with a locket of a gold feather. This was the origin of Rogers' nickname "Feathers". The shedding feathers episode was recreated to hilarious results in a scene from Easter Parade (1948) in which Fred Astaire danced with a clumsy, comical dancer played by Judy Garland.
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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.
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Quotes:
Dale Tremont:
What is this strange power you have over horses?
Jerry Travers: [thinks] Horsepower?
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Jerry Travers: [thinks] Horsepower?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Censored (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
The Piccolino
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"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.