Top Hat (1935) | |
| Director(s) | Mark Sandrich |
| Producer(s) | Pandro S. Berman |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Dance, Mistaken Identity, Romance (Comic), Romance (Musical), Screwball Comedy, Show Business |
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Top Hat Overview:
Top Hat (1935) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Mark Sandrich and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
SYNOPSIS
Astaire, Rogers, Irving Berlin, choreography by Hermes Pan and Astaire: all the elements that define the classic Astaire-Rogers picture and, therefore, the height of the '30s musical. When dancer Astaire hits London for the debut of his new show, his tap practice in his agent's (Horton) hotel room wakes his downstairs neighbor, Rogers. With one look at her face, a smitten Astaire chases her all over London and even to Venice after she believes he's really married to Horton's wife, Broderick. Despite her marriage in a fury to an Italian designer, the lovers are reunited in a gondola at the end. The plot's made meaningless, of course, by the elegance and bravura of the Deco sets, the perfectly integrated musical set pieces, and the justly famous pairing of Astaire and Rogers, including their renowned interpretation of "Cheek to Cheek." All 5 Berlin tunes, including "Cheek to Cheek" and "Top Hat," made it to the top of the charts.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.Top Hat was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1990.
Academy Awards 1935 --- Ceremony Number 8 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin | Nominated |
| Best Picture | RKO Radio | Nominated |
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Musical Monday: Top Hat (1935)
on Aug 26, 2024 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical:Top Hat (1935) ? Musical #99 S... Read full article
You're Invited! HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM 1930s + TOP HAT at Egyptian Theatre 3/17
on Mar 4, 2018 From GlamAmorMy HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM screening series at the Egyptian Theatre continues with the 1930s on March 17! This series is 7 parts - one event per decade from the 1920s to the 1980s - and each will be followed by a screening of a film featured in the talk. Some of the incredible style we celebrate... Read full article
DOUBLE BILL #3 Top Hat (1935) and Swing Time (1936)
By Carol Martinheira on Jun 4, 2017 From The Old Hollywood GardenDOUBLE BILL #3 Top Hat (1935) and Swing Time (1936) On June 4, 2017June 4, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized Musicals of the 1930s are pretty much screwball comedies with songs. And they?re absolutely fabulous. Especially Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ones. Ten adorable l... Read full article
Top Hat (1935) – Updated
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 14, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsPerhaps Astaire and Rogers most famous film together, Top Hat has them at top form once more,?seemingly defying gravity at the full peak of the powers. The beauty of their partnership is that they’re able to tell the progression of a love story through dance, but they do it with such ease and ... Read full article
Review: Top Hat (1935)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 14, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsPerhaps Astaire and Rogers most famous film together, Top Hat has them at top form once more,?seemingly defying gravity at the full peak of the powers. The beauty of their partnership is that they’re able to tell the progression of a love story through dance, but they do it with such ease and ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Jerry Travers: By the Adriatic waters, Venetian sons and daughters are strumming a new tune upon their guitars. It was written by a Latin, a gondolier who sat in his home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars. He sent his melody across the sea to Italy, and we know they wrote some words to fit that catchy bit and christened it The Piccolino. And we know that it's the reason why everyone this season is strumming and humming a new melody. Come to the Casino -- and hear them play The Piccolino. Dance with your bambino to the strains of the catchy Piccolino. Drink your glass of vino and when you've had your plate of scallopino, make them play the Piccolino, the catchy Piccolino. And dance to the strains of that new melody, the Piccolino.
Alberto Beddini: Who is sending you this horse's shoe?
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Facts about
The first time Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers had a screenplay written specifically for them.
Mark Sandrich, who directed five of the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals, was a physicist before he got into filmmaking, and would devise blueprints for every scene, so he would know exactly where to put the cameras and the actors.
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