“Top Hat” is a Musical Romantic Comedy, Written by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott from the book by Dwight Taylor and Directed by Mark Sandrich.
The story follows American
dancer Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire)
is working for his friend and producer Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton)
in London, and Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in
Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of a girl sleeping in the room below
Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers).
She goes upstairs to complain and the two are
immediately attracted to each other complications arise however when Dale
mistakes Jerry for Horace.
Horrified that she has become involved with a
married man she runs away to Venice on the invitation of friend Madge (Helen
Broderick), Horace’s wife and confesses.
But Jerry and Horace also head for Venice and
when Dale discovers they are there she agrees to marry Alberto Beddini (Erik
Rhodes) but Horace’s manservant Bates (Eric Blore) saves the day.
“Top Hat” is a happy film that keeps
delighting viewers any time one is lucky enough to fall under its spell.
