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Top Hat (1935)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:36

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.7/10

Consensus: A glamorous and enthralling Depression-era diversion, Top Hat is nearly flawless, with acrobatics by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that make the hardest physical stunts seem light as air.

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: A musical comedy full of high style, romance, mistaken identity... and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing and singing 11 of Irving Berlin's best songs. When Jerry Travers meets lovely Dale... A musical comedy full of high style, romance, mistaken identity... and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing and singing 11 of Irving Berlin's best songs. When Jerry Travers meets lovely Dale Tremont, it's love at first sight for him. Unfortunately, Dale's affections chill when she mistakenly believes he's her best friend's new husband. Now she's engaged to someone else... Will she find out Jerry's real identity before she goes ahead and makes a big mistake? [More]

Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick

Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes, Lucille Ball, Leonard Mudie

Director: Mark Sandrich

Director: Mark Sandrich
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Dwight Taylor, Allan Scott
Composer: Max Steiner

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Aug 16, 2005

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  • Perhaps the best remembered of the 10 Astaire/Rogers musicals, Top Hat has it all: Art Deco elegance, a wonderfully addled storyline, loopy support from skilled farceurs and the incomparable chemistry of the two leads cheek-to-cheeking to Irving Berlin's finest film score.
  • It's a wake-up call for romance when Fred's exuberant No Strings dance in his hotel suite disturbs the sleeping beauty (Ginger) in the room below. They meet cute, Fred decides he'd like a few strings (preferably a tied knot) after all and love beckons until Ginger mistakenly gets the idea that Fred is a married playboy. But mistakes can be wonderfully, wackily resolved. Among the highlights: Fred mows down the chorus line in his signature Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, the shimmeringly dreamy Isn't It a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)? and the rhapsodically tender Cheek to Cheek. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Top Hat is top-drawer entertainment magic.
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    08/22/03
    Carol Cling
    Carol Cling
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

    A beguiling Rogers-Astaire pairing, if not resolutely their best.

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    08/14/03
    Nick Davis
    Nick Davis
    Nick's Flick Picks

    Além do carisma de Astaire e do charme de Rogers, o filme conta com números musicais inesquecíveis, direção de arte magnífica e uma hilária participação de Edward Everett Horton.

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    05/31/03
    Pablo Villaca
    Pablo Villaca
    Cinema em Cena

    All the minor players are such skilled comedians that they are able to extract merriment from this none too original comedy of errors.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    05/20/03
    Andre Sennwald
    Andre Sennwald
    New York Times

    Hands down, this is the best Astaire-Rogers musical ever.

    Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
    03/10/03
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Marjorie Baumgarten
    Austin Chronicle

    No review available.

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    10/03/02
    Philip Martin
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    I don't want to get political here. I just want to talk about singing and dancing.

    Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | comment Comment
    09/15/02
    Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
    Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
    Goatdog's Movies

    Near the very top of Fred and Ginger films--and of musicals in general

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    08/21/02
    Ken Hanke
    Ken Hanke
    Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    No review available.

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    08/13/02
    Rob Vaux
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    No review available.

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    07/26/02
    David Poland
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    No review available.

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    07/26/02
    Bob Grimm
    Bob Grimm
    Las Vegas Mercury

    Tip top.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Even if you can't quite appreciate the music, sit back and get clued in to why Fred Astaire is one of the movies' all-time great physical performers.

    Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Bryant Frazer
    Bryant Frazer
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    the definitive Fred & Ginger movie

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    Christopher Null
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    Filmcritic.com

    Delightful.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    01/01/00
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Top Hat (1935) is one of the great 30s dance musicals, and possibly the best and most profitable Astaire and Rogers musical ever, with wonderful, magical dance

    Full Review Source: Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films | comment Comment
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