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Top Hat

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Original title

Top Hat

Year

1935

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mark Sandrich

Screenwriter

Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor

Cast

Music

Irving Berlin

Cinematography

David Abel (B&W)

Producer

RKO Radio Pictures

Genre

Musical. Comedy. Romance | Dancing. Ballet. Romantic Comedy

Synopsis

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

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Rankings Position

#21 Best Musical Movies
#65 Best Movies of the '30s

Awards: 1935: Academy Awards: 4 Nominations: Best Movie, Art Direction, Choreography and Song

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Critics' reviews

"At a point when many dancers would be gasping for breath, Astaire and Rogers are smiling easily, heedlessly. To watch them is to see hard work elevated to effortless joy"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Hands down, this is the best Astaire-Rogers musical ever. Nothing more needs to be said."

Marjorie Baumgarten: Austin Chronicle
"Top Hat is the quintessential Astaire-Rogers musical, complete with a silly plot, romance, dapper outfits, art deco sets, and plenty of wonderful songs and dance numbers."

TV Guide
"Every musical number works, and the mistaken-identity plot is pleasant enough, even if there’s too much emphatic dithering from the supporting players toward the end."

Dan Callahan: Slant
"When 'Top Hat' is letting Mr. Astaire perform his incomparable magic or teaming him with the increasingly dexterous Miss Rogers it is providing the most urbane fun that you will find anywhere on the screen."

Andre Sennwald: The New York Times
"This one can't miss and the reasons are three - Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin's 11 songs and sufficient comedy between numbers to hold the film together."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Stylishly madcap dance film (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
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40 My Favorite Musicals (92)

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