Shown: September 7, 2025 at 6pm
Director : Mark Sandrich
Country : USA
Release Date : 1935
Duration : 105 mins
Language : English
Subtitles : No
Showman Jerry Travers (Fred Astaire) is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace’s hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) in the room below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace. Possibly the greatest of the Astaire / Rogers collaborations with music from Irving Berlin in the form of songs, including Cheek to Cheek, Isn’t This a Lovely Day? and Top Hat, White Tie and Tails. Perfection!
“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.” (Rotten Tomatoes)