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- 1935
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 1935
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Summary An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Directed By: Mark Sandrich
- 1935
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 1935
- Approved
- RKO Radio Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Top Hat
7.4
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Summary An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Directed By: Mark Sandrich
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
93
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
93
94% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Top Hat reflects a transatlantic kind of universe, the Brit dimension absorbed into American waspy class, and sweetened with some mannered comedy; this was a Hollywood that loved PG Wodehouse.
In Top Hat's all-time showstopper, to Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek," light-footed Fred and feathery Ginger dance us right into paradise. [23 Aug 2005, p.C3]
The fourth pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and the first with a screenplay written specifically for them, 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.
In one of the best-looking, wittiest, most melodious and stylishly romantic musicals ever made, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance and feud from London to a dazzling art deco Venice. [09 Oct 2011, p.51]
It never really mattered what loopy plot was devised to get Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers together in their musicals – once they started dancing in each other’s arms, all contrivances fall to the wayside and you clearly see they were made for each other.
The third Astaire-Rogers movie (not counting Flying Down to Rio) and one of the best, with a superlative Irving Berlin score, and equally superlative Hermes Pan routines which spark a distinct sexual electricity between the pair.
The dialogue is witty and piquant, and the supporting players droll, but the labored farce of madcap marital misunderstandings are as flatfooted as the dance numbers are memorably airy.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.4
85% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
7.4
85% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Release Date Sep 6, 1935
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Approved
Tagline A gay, glad, glorious romance...with scenes of lavish splendor...and lovely girls enough to send you home a nervous wreck! (Print Ad- Daily Times, ((Rochester, Penna.)) 2 October 1935)
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 4 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
