Top of the Town (film)
| Top of the Town | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ralph Murphy Sam White Walter Lang |
| Written by | Robert Benchley |
| Starring | Doris Nolan |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Top of the Town is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy, Sam White and Walter Lang and starring Doris Nolan.[1]
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 (as Jack Smart)
- 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
- Richard Carle as Edwin Borden
- California Collegians as Singing Group
- The Four Esquires as Performers
Reception[]
Writing for Night and Day in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, describing it as "one of those distressingly carefree musicals [...] when the only ungay faces are among the audience".[2]
References[]
- ^ Sandra Brennan (2014). "Top of the Town". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ^ Greene, Graham (July 8, 1937). "Black Legion/Night Must Fall/Top of the Town/The Last Train from Madrid". Night and Day. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 154. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1937 films
- English-language films
- 1937 comedy films
- American films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Walter Lang
- Films directed by Ralph Murphy
- 1930s comedy film stubs