Top Hat

Musical | English| 101 minutes

Info

Jerry Travers, an American dancer, comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick. While Jerry is practicing his tap routine in his room, the noise awakens Dale Tremont occupying the room below. She storms upstairs and complains. For Jerry, seeing Dale, it’s love at first sight. Jerry pursues Dale to Venice where she is visiting her friend Madge and modeling gowns created by Alberto Beddini. Jerry proposes marriage. But Dale, thinking Jerry is Madge’s husband, is appalled by the proposal. This is an Astaire/Rogers musical so it’s certain the confusion will get sorted as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance away into the Venetian sunset.

Cast

Fred Astaire (Jerry Travers) / Ginger Rogers (Dale Tremont) / Edward Everett Horton (Horace Hardwick) / Helen Broderick (Madge Hardwick) / Erik Rhodes (Alberto Beddini)

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VARIETY put it simply and clearly: “This is a film one can’t miss.”

Rotten Tomatoes Score (Critics Consensus): 100%
Metacritic Score: 93

Accolades

Academy Awards: Nominated, Best Picture; Best Dance Direction (Hermes Pan); Best Original Song (Irving Berlin, “Cheek to Cheek”
Top Hat received a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Top Hat was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

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