Topper (film)
- Topper (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Topper
director =Norman Z. McLeod
producer =Hal Roach
writer =Eric Hatch
starring =Constance Bennett Cary Grant Roland Young Billie Burke
released =July 16 1937
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
runtime = 97 minutes
language = English
imdb_id = 0029682
followed_by = "Topper Takes a Trip ""Topper" (1937) is a
comedy film which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple. It was adapted byEric Hatch ,Jack Jevne andEddie Moran from the novel byThorne Smith . The film was directed byNorman Z. McLeod , produced byHal Roach , and distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer . The movie starsConstance Bennett ,Cary Grant ,Roland Young , andBillie Burke . Topper was a huge hit with movie audiences in the summer of 1937 and Cary Grant had a percentage deal on the film. He made quite a bit of money on the successful film.It was nominated for
Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Young) and Best Sound, Recording."Topper" was followed by the sequels "Topper Takes a Trip" (1939) and "Topper Returns" (1941). There was a television series of the same name, which aired from 1953 to 1956, starring
Leo G. Carroll andAnne Jeffreys . [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045447/] ATV movie featuringKate Jackson ,Jack Warden andAndrew Stevens was made in 1979. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080035/]In 1985, "Topper" was one of the first films to be re-released in color using a controversial process known as
film colorization .Cast
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Constance Bennett as Marion Kerby
*Cary Grant as George Kerby
*Roland Young as Cosmo Topper
*Billie Burke as Mrs. Clara Topper
*Alan Mowbray as Wilkins
*Eugene Pallette as Casey
*Arthur Lake as Elevator Boy
*Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Grace Stuyvesant
*Virginia Sale as Miss JohnsonExternal links
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