Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Norman Z. McLeod

Writers:

Thorne Smith (novel)
Jack Jevne (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 January 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Plot:

Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Hotel | Ghost | Judge | Dog

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Constance Bennett	...	Marion Kerby
Roland Young	...	Cosmo Topper
Billie Burke	...	Mrs. Clara Topper
Alan Mowbray	...	Wilkins - Topper's Butler
Verree Teasdale	...	Mrs. Nancy Parkhurst
Franklin Pangborn	...	Louis - Hotel Manager
Alexander D'Arcy	...	Baron de Rossi
Paul Hurst	...	Charlie - the Bartender
Armand Kaliz	...	Hotel Clerk
Eddie Conrad	...	Jailer
Spencer Charters	...	Judge Wilson
Irving Pichel	...	Prosecutor
Leon Belasco	...	Bellboy
Georges Renavent	...	Magistrate
Asta	...	Mr. Atlas - the Dog (as Skippy)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #4773) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S

Company:

Hal Roach Studios

Movie Connections:

Edited from Topper (1937)

Repairing A Marriage You Damaged

After creating enough mayhem in the life of Cosmo Topper in the first Topper film, Marian Kerby comes back from the afterlife to do a little more damage than before. She means well of course and by chance things do work out in the end.

Roland Young as Topper, Constance Bennett as Marian, and Billie Burke as the ditzy but patient Mrs. Topper are back again. Cary Grant as George Kerby is here too, but only in a flashback from the original Topper movie. The flashback occurs when Topper is on the witness stand in a divorce case as Billie Burke is filing for divorce. Topper takes the stand and tries to explain that wasn't a real woman in his room, just an other world spirit.

Judge Spencer Charters won't grant a divorce, but come back the next day he might sign some commitment papers. So Billie Burke and her friend Verree Teasdale are off to France. Now it becomes clear what Marian Kerby is back on terra firma for.

Connie and Roland are off to France where they have to deal with fussy hotel managers and pretentious gigolos like Franklin Pangborn and Alexander D'Arcy.

Best scenes in the film, in the casino with Paul Porcasi as the manager and in the bar with Paul Hurst as bartender.

It's not as good as the original Topper film, but still has a lot of laughs left in the old spirit.