Review of Top Hat (1935) by Steve C — 26 Jan 2014

For my money, Top Hat is THE best Astaire-Rogers movie and my very favorite film, despite the mistaken identity plot that has a Mack-truck-size hole in it. We are expected to swallow the idea that Astaire, having successfully pursued Rogers in the "Isn't it a Lovely Day" sequences, doesn't follow up by introducing himself.

All that to one side, the film has a lot of funny moments plus a terrific score by Irving Berlin and an exquisite dance to "Cheek to Cheek." I must be nerdy and correct a couple of errors in this page's Movie Info section.

Dale Tremont (Rogers) is far from wealthy and at one point threatens to return to America and live on the dole. Secondly, Bates is Horace Hardwick's faithful valet, not Jerry's.