Top Hat

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film musical film romantic comedy film

Top Hat is a 1935 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its elegant dance sequences, Irving Berlin songs, and status as a classic of the genre.

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Top Hat, White Tie and Tails 1
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails cane dance 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
basedOn story by Dwight Taylor ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy David Abel ⓘ
composer Irving Berlin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mark Sandrich ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy William Hamilton ⓘ
featuresDanceSequence Cheek to Cheek ballroom dance ⓘ
Top Hat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails cane dance
genre dance film ⓘ
musical ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
leadCharacter Dale Tremont ⓘ
Jerry Travers ⓘ
musicBy Irving Berlin ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Cheek to Cheek"

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableSong Cheek to Cheek ⓘ
Isn’t This a Lovely Day? ⓘ
No Strings (I’m Fancy Free) ⓘ
Top Hat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals ⓘ
portraysCharacter Edward Everett Horton as Horace Hardwick ⓘ
Eric Blore as Bates ⓘ
Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
surface form: Fred Astaire as Jerry Travers

Ginger Rogers ⓘ
surface form: Ginger Rogers as Dale Tremont

Helen Broderick as Madge Hardwick ⓘ
producer Pandro S. Berman ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs AFI 100 Years...100 Passions list entry ⓘ
classic Hollywood musical ⓘ
releaseDate 1935-08-29 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
releaseYear 1935 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 101 ⓘ
screenwriter Allan Scott ⓘ
Dwight Taylor ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
settingLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Venice ⓘ
starring Edward Everett Horton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Blore ⓘ
Erik Rhodes ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Helen Broderick ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Top Hat → featuresDanceSequence → Top Hat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails cane dance
Follow the Fleet → follows → Top Hat ⓘ
Top Hat → notableSong → Top Hat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Top Hat ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → Top Hat ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Top Hat ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures → produced → Top Hat ⓘ