Screening: Irving Berlin's Top Hat

Part of EJC's Winter Jewish Musical Series, a documentary plus three iconic Broadway musicals written by Jewish composers and lyricists.

Top Hat is the apotheosis of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Irving Berlin’s score is one of the most famous in film history. “Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails” is the song most closely associated with Astaire throughout his career, while “Cheek to Cheek” epitomizes the onscreen dynamic of Astaire and Rogers

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All Ages, Suggested Donation $5-$10 (see donation button at checkout). No one turned away for lack of funds.

Top Hat is a 1935 American musical comedy film, in which Fred Astaire plays an American tap dancer named Jerry Travers, who arrives in London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont (Ginger Rogers) to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as Hardwick's valet Bates, Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini, a fashion designer and rival for Dale's affections, and Helen Broderick as Hardwick's long-suffering wife Madge.