Top Hat

1935 · 1h41 · Film

Directed by Mark Sandrich

Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick, Lucille Ball, Gino Corrado, Leonard Mudie, Dennis O'Keefe

Ideal when you feel… Happy Romantic Angry

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Original language

English

Country

United States

Screenplay

Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor

Music

Irving Berlin

Cinematography

David Abel

Cast

Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick, Lucille Ball, Gino Corrado, Leonard Mudie, Dennis O'Keefe

Updated August 14, 2026

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