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No. 93: Top Hat

By Jody Rosen|December 5, 2011|4comments

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1935, dir. Mark Sandrich. The ultimate Depression-era escapist fantasy, set to Irving Berlin’s greatest film score? Cocktails in highballs, evening clothes, swank hotel suites? Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, twirling through a gleaming Deco set to the strains of “Cheek to Cheek”? Heaven—We’re in heaven.

Larry Gold

Gimmie a break. Just because Irving Berlin
penned the score does that make Top Hat a
“Jewish” movie? One of the best musicals of all time yes but “Jewish” no. Next you will claim ‘Flying Down to Rio” Certainly the “Pianist” ” Garden of the Finzi-Continis” ” Once Upon a Time in America”
and “My Favorite Year” deserve better fates than Nos. 79,84,87,and 89
respectively. I am waiting with fingers crossed to see where you will put ” Body
and Soul” (top ten I hope) “Crossfire”
and ” Save the Tiger”well up there I also hope. Don’t neglect Israeli films “The Syrian Bride” etc. So far 75-100 leaves a lot to be desired
http://jewishmeltingpot.com MikeY

Sorry, I loved this movie as a youngster. And what exactly is wrong with escapism? I still sing the words to Dancing Cheek to Cheek to my wife!
Jester

OK,you just proved it. Tablet is pure crap. Rating Schindler’s List at 100. Are you stupid? Only Spielberg has the integrity to make a Holocaust movie with concentration camp victims looking like victims and Nazi’s looking like the face of evil. No Hollywood glam here at all.
http://www.israel-catalog.com Shahar Geva

http://www.israel-catalog.com/movies-tv/movies

Thank You!