Top of the Town

Top of the Town

86 mins | Comedy, Music | April 17, 1937

In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"

Top of the Town

86 mins | Comedy, Music | April 17, 1937

Top of the Town
In this musical set in swingin' Manhattan, an heiress plans a ballet in the famous Moonbeam ballroom located atop a 100-story skyscraper. Unfortunately, the attending audience is quite bored until someone starts the place swinging. Musical numbers include: "Blame It on the Rhumba," "Where Are You?" "Jamboree," "Top of the Town," "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On," "There's No Two Ways About It," "Fireman Save My Child"
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Top of the Town
Directors Ralph Murphy, Sam White, Walter Lang
Writers Charles Grayson, Brown Holmes

Cast

Doris Nolan

as Diana Borden

George Murphy

as Ted Lane

Ella Logan

as Dorine

Hugh Herbert

as Hubert

Gerald Oliver Smith

as Borden Executive

Mischa Auer

as Hamlet

Gregory Ratoff

as J.J. Stone

Peggy Ryan

as Peggy

J. Scott Smart

as Beaton

Ray Mayer

as Roger

Henry Armetta

as Bacciagalluppi

Gertrude Niesen

as Gilda Norman

Claude Gillingwater

as William Borden

Ernest Cossart

as Augustus Borden

Samuel S. Hinds

as Henry Borden

California Collegians

as Singing Group

Four Esquires

as Performers

Mary Adair

as Dancer

Harry Blue

as One of The Three Sailors

Walter Byron

as Nightclub Patron

Jack Chefe

as Waiter

Joyce Compton

as Beulah

Alfonso Corelli

as Violin Soloist

Harry Depp

as Secretary

Juanita Fields

as Dancer

Lee Tung Foo

as Chinese Ambassador

Willie Fung

as Prop Man

Frances Grant

as Dancer

Tom Herbert

as Comedy Waiter

Bert Jason

as One of The Three Sailors

Ethelreda Leopold

as Chorus Girl

Verna Leslie

as Dancer

Miriam Marlin

as Chorus Girl

Carolyn Mason

as Young Girl

Alex Melesh

as Designer

Sean Mor

as Elevator Man

Alex Novinsky

as Nightclub Patron

Dennis O'Keefe

as Frank

David Oliver

as Barber

Marjorie Reynolds

as Dancer

Bob Robson

as One of The Three Sailors

Milton Shockley

as Porter

Leonid Snegoff

as Russian

Billy Wayne

as Painter

Robert Whitney

as Nightclub Patron