Top Hat (1935)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Mark Sandrich

Escritores:

Allan Scott (writer)
Dwight Taylor (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

6 septiembre 1935 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

They're Dancing Cheek-To-Cheek Again!

Plot:

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel...

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Face Slap | Reference To Gertrude Stein | Misandry | Man's Hat

Premios:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

As light as the feathers on Ginger's dress...

Reparto

Fred Astaire	...	Jerry Travers
Ginger Rogers	...	Dale Tremont
Edward Everett Horton	...	Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes	...	Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore	...	Bates
Helen Broderick	...	Madge Hardwick

También conocida como:

Sombrero de copa (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

101 min | USA:81 min (re-release) (re-edited version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:Todo | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:Approved

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

The fourth (of ten) dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Horace and Bates are speaking to the hotel manager, the hook of the coat hanger that Bates is holding changes orientation between shots.

Citas:

Dale Tremont: I still feel a little guilty, being here with you while Alberto is out looking for us.
Jerry Travers: Come on! Let's eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we have to face him.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Blue Money (1982) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

As light as the feathers on Ginger's dress...

If you're a fan of FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS and their predictable screwball comedies of the '30s, you'll find this one is easy to take. First of all, the score by Irving Berlin has a variety of catchy tunes although I can't say it's his greatest, and all of the mistaken identity plot is performed with such grace by the famous dancing duo and their marvelous supporting cast that it's all as light as the feathers on Ginger's "Cheek to Cheek" dress.

Speaking of which--for me, the "Cheek to Cheek" number is worth watching just to see how skillful the two dance the number although fully aware that Astaire objected strenuously to Ginger's feathered dress. Nevertheless, it's the dancing highlight of the film, much better than the "Piccolino" number that is used for the finale.

Eric Blore and Erik Rhodes outdo themselves in great comic support. Blore we almost take for granted at this point, but Rhodes with his silly Italian accent is a scene-stealer too. His Bettini, the dressmaker, offers some of the heartiest chuckles.

Astaire is top flight here--graceful, athletic, and young enough to be seen as a dancing Cary Grant--and Ginger matches him every dancing step of the way. She's particularly delightful in the rainy park sequence for "Isn't It A Lovely Day?" And for the "Cheek to Cheek" sequence she has a braided hairdo that gives her an ultra-sophisticated, princess-like look. When she and Astaire dance, they can do no wrong.

He, of course, is more skillful with a song than she is, his voice perfectly able to deliver all the Irving Berlin numbers assigned to him, while she barely gets by with her rendition of the "Piccolino".

Great fun to watch--rainy day or not. And those art deco backgrounds for hotel rooms and Venice are a knockout. The pristine print of the film shown on TCM recently really made them stand out in glowing splendor.