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Top Hat (1935)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Music, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor
In Theaters:9/6/1935
Box Office:$3,202,000
Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Mark Sandrich
Director
Fred Astaire
Jerry Travers
Ginger Rogers
Dale Tremont
Edward Everett Horton
Horace Hardwick
Erik Rhodes
Alberto Beddini
Eric Blore
Bates
Helen Broderick
Madge Hardwick
Lucille Ball
Flower Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Venice Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Florist (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Elevator Passenger / Hotel Guest / Dancer (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Italian Police Officer (uncredited)
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