Top of the Town

5.2

86 minutes

4/17/1937

Overview

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"

Cast List

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
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