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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935)

All is fair in love and war, and this is revolution!

Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Moje Åslund in Top Hat (1935)

Fred Astaire

Ginger Rogers

Edward Everett Horton

Dwight Taylor

Allan Scott

Sándor Faragó

An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

Mark Sandrich

Top Hat

You can&apos;t help but smile watching this movie.

I&apos;m only just now beginning to realize how silly the plot and some of the comedy was in this movie.  When I watched it, it was perfectly wonderful, and I smiled all the way through.  Fred and Ginger, of course, are perfect, whether dancing so memorably to the likes of &quot;Isn&apos;t It a Lovely Day&quot; and &quot;Cheek to Cheek&quot; or pitching woo.  Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Helen Broderick kept it moving with their throughly entertaining comedy relief.  Even almost 65 years after its premeire, it&apos;s still in tip-top condition, both in the print and in its impact, on first viewing, at least. (I&apos;m afraid to watch it again, for fear the impact will be destroyed.)

I&apos;ve seen almost all of Fred and Ginger&apos;s pictures since viewing this.  Some are good, some less so, and all have their moments of excellence.  But none of them matched this one in my mind for sheer feel-goodness.  The ones that came closest were Swing Time, Shall We Dance, and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle and The Barkleys of Broadway, the last two because they had quite plausible stories, (and in the case of Castle, one based on real life).  But still, Top Hat is Fred and Ginger at their best, and hopefully will always stay that way in my mind.

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You can't help but smile watching this movie.

I'm only just now beginning to realize how silly the plot and some of the comedy was in this movie.  When I watched it, it was perfectly wonderful, and I smiled all the way through.  Fred and Ginger, of course, are perfect, whether dancing so memorably to the likes of "Isn't It a Lovely Day" and "Cheek to Cheek" or pitching woo.  Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, and Helen Broderick kept it moving with their throughly entertaining comedy relief.  Even almost 65 years after its premeire, it's still in tip-top condition, both in the print and in its impact, on first viewing, at least. (I'm afraid to watch it again, for fear the impact will be destroyed.)

I've seen almost all of Fred and Ginger's pictures since viewing this.  Some are good, some less so, and all have their moments of excellence.  But none of them matched this one in my mind for sheer feel-goodness.  The ones that came closest were Swing Time, Shall We Dance, and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle and The Barkleys of Broadway, the last two because they had quite plausible stories, (and in the case of Castle, one based on real life).  But still, Top Hat is Fred and Ginger at their best, and hopefully will always stay that way in my mind.

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