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Topper (1937) is an American comedy film starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant and featuring Roland Young, which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man, Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple.
The film was adapted by Eric Hatch, Jack Jevne and Eddie Moran from the novel by Thorne Smith. The movie was directed by Norman Z. McLeod, produced by Hal Roach, and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The supporting cast includes Billie Burke and Eugene Pallette. Topper was a huge hit with film audiences in the summer of 1937; since Cary Grant had a percentage deal on the film, he made quite a bit of money on the film's success.
In 1985, Topper was one of the first black-and-white films to be re-released in a colorized version, produced by Hal Roach Studios and Colorization Inc.
George (Cary Grant) and Marion (Constance Bennett) Kerby are as rich as they are irresponsible. When George wrecks their classy sports car, they wake up from the accident as ghosts. Realizing they aren’t in heaven or hell because they’ve never been responsible enough to do good deeds or bad ones, they decide that freeing their old friend Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) from his regimented lifestyle will be their ticket into heaven.
Actors: Barbara Gordon (actress), Al Sapienza (actor), Ho Chow (actor), Peter Stebbings (actor), Sarah Manninen (actress), Dmitry Chepovetsky (actor), Rob deLeeuw (actor), Greg White (writer), Greg White (producer), Greg White (director), Ola Sturik (actress), Rebecca Northan (actress), Amanda Barker (actress), Arisa Cox (actress), Forbes Campbell (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Lauren Lapkus (actress), Susan Messing (actress), Jordan Londe (actor), Alan Callaghan (producer), Alan Callaghan (editor), Alan Callaghan (writer), Alan Callaghan (actor), Thomas Whittington (actor), Evan Chung (writer), C.C. Pearce (actor), Justin Jackson (actor), Evan Chung (composer), Timmy Mayse (actor), Jon Barinholtz (actor), Adam Mohundro (producer),
Plot: Carpeted Afterhours is a series of surreal vignettes gently poking fun at different aspects of suburban life. The show paints a portrait of what initially appears to be contemporary Middle America - strip malls, book clubs, community soccer games, office parks, etc. However, the setting is soon revealed to be separate from reality, creating a self-contained alternative world where everything familiar is turned upside-down.
Keywords: cult-filmActors: Lauren Lapkus (actress), Susan Messing (actress), Jordan Londe (actor), Alan Callaghan (producer), Alan Callaghan (editor), Alan Callaghan (writer), Alan Callaghan (actor), Thomas Whittington (actor), Evan Chung (writer), C.C. Pearce (actor), Justin Jackson (actor), Evan Chung (composer), Timmy Mayse (actor), Jon Barinholtz (actor), Adam Mohundro (producer),
Plot: Carpeted Afterhours is a series of surreal vignettes gently poking fun at different aspects of suburban life. The show paints a portrait of what initially appears to be contemporary Middle America - strip malls, book clubs, community soccer games, office parks, etc. However, the setting is soon revealed to be separate from reality, creating a self-contained alternative world where everything familiar is turned upside-down.
Keywords: cult-filmActors: Claus Bue (actor), Regner Grasten (producer), Regner Grasten (writer), Henrik Prip (actor), Robert Hansen (actor), Charlotte Sachs Bostrup (director), Karl Bille (actor), Mouns Overgaard (producer), Sofie Lassen-Kahlke (actress), Joachim Knop (actor), Miriam Nørgaard (editor), Michael Hardinger (composer), Andri Steinn (editor), Pernille Schrøder (actress), Mogens Hagedorn (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Musical,Actors: Michael Ironside (writer), Graeme Coleman (miscellaneous crew), Michael Ironside (producer), Bill Croft (actor), Brad Dourif (actor), Barbara Chomos (miscellaneous crew), Ken Pogue (actor), Leslie Carlson (actor), Bruce Glover (actor), Deryl Hayes (actor), Michael Ironside (actor), Don S. Davis (actor), Stephen E. Miller (actor), Rae Dawn Chong (actress), Greg Jackson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A prison decides that the best way to rehabilitate a particularly troublesome prisoner is to chain him to the wheelchair of a rebellious, bad-tempered young man with cerebral palsy. The government rationale behind this is three fold. First it will help a terribly understaffed nursing home. Second, being chained to a handicapped person may inspire caring in the prisoner and third, it could help to toughen up the patients...
Keywords: bra-less, brief-female-frontal-nudity, caught-having-sex, cerebral-palsy, corrupt-sheriff, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, independent-film, interrupted-sex, mental-institutionActors: Martyn Sanderson (actor), Tony Liu (actor), David Wenham (actor), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Anthony Buckley (producer), Roger Ward (actor), Peter Best (composer), Kerry Walker (actress), Robin Clifton (miscellaneous crew), Anne Phelan (actress), Carole Skinner (actress), Syd Conabere (actor), Wayne LeClos (editor), David Rowe (costume designer), Melissa Bickerton (actress),
Plot: It is the early '50s and the Darcy family continues their struggle to build a better life despite the forces lined up against them in this sequel to the popular made-for-TV film Harp in the South. Father Hughie (Martyn_Sanderson); his wife, Mumma (Anne Plelan); and their younger daughter, Dolour (Kaarin_Fairfax), are broken people after Roie (Anna Hruby)the oldest daughter dies giving birth to a baby boy. Charlie(Shane Feeney-Connor), Roie's husband takes to the drink to forget his loss remembering only Roie and forgetting about his children. Dolour no longer a child fights for the strength to keep this family together in this hard bitten Irish-emigrate community of Surry Hills, but as bad times, illness, and romantic discord make their presence known, the Darcy's find that what they need most to survive is one another.
Keywords: based-on-novel, tv-mini-seriesActors: Bo Christensen (producer), Ole Ernst (actor), Keve Hjelm (actor), Ole Dupont (actor), Axel Strøbye (actor), Ingolf David (actor), Karen Bentzon (miscellaneous crew), Linda Daae (miscellaneous crew), Jess Ingerslev (actor), Erik Wedersøe (actor), Solbjørg Højfeldt (actress), Birger Jensen (actor), Leif Sylvester (actor), Lars Bill Lundholm (writer), Esben Høilund Carlsen (director),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: John Gielgud (actor), Jonathan Fuller (actor), Jonathan Fuller (actor), Catherine Burns (actress), Catherine Burns (actress), Stephen D'Ambrose (actor), Stephen D'Ambrose (actor), Peter Thoemke (actor), Robert Nadir (actor), Marshall Borden (actor), Oliver Cliff (actor), Oliver Cliff (actor), Paul Lassko (actor), Paul Lassko (actor), Barbara Field (writer),
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy,Actors: John Le Mesurier (actor), Michael Hordern (actor), Zoë Wanamaker (actress), Christopher Biggins (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Charles Dickens (writer), Bernard Lee (actor), Clive Merrison (actor), June Brown (actress), Paul Copley (actor), Barbara Kidd (costume designer), John Grillo (actor), Patricia Quinn (actress), Jonathan Powell (producer), John Ringham (actor),
Plot: It's the end of December and professional miser Ebenezer Scrooge absolutely despises this time of the year. He thinks Christmas is all humbug. He doesn't buy his nephew's talk of Christmas being a kind time, thinks it's absolute madness his servant Cratchit wants a day off and sends away collectors of donations for the poor penniless. It's also the time of the year in which his companion Jacob Marley died seven years ago. When he is all alone, he suddenly sees Marley again, in the door handle, in a tile, a bell suddenly rings. Humbug, thinks Scrooge. But then Marley really appears for him and tells him he should change his life. He warns Scrooge he will be haunted by three spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
Keywords: 1840s, based-on-novel, christmas, compassion, ghost, independent-film, redemption, victorian-eraActors: Tommy Steele (writer), Tommy Steele (actor), Henry McGee (actor), Keith Smith (actor), Una Stubbs (actress), Peter Hawkins (actor), Ronnie Brody (actor), Pat Coombs (actress), John Frawley (actor), Eric Merriman (writer), Francis Essex (producer), Francis Essex (writer), Hugh Paddick (actor), Harry Brunning (actor), Alan Baulch (actor),
Genres: Musical,
Topper (1937) Official Trailer - Cary Grant, Constance Bennett Movie HD Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDe Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6h Subscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUn Like us on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/1QyRMsE Follow us on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1ghOWmt A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs. Welcome to the Fandango MOVIECLIPS Trailer Vault Channel. Where trailers from the past, from recent to long ago, from a time before YouTube, can be enjoyed by all. We search near and far for original movie trailer from all decades. Feel free to send us your trailer requests and we will do our best to hunt it down.
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Topper Returns (1941) is the third and final entry in the initial series of supernatural comedy films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith. It followed Topper (1937) and Topper Takes a Trip (1938). IMDb Rating: 7/10 As in the prior movies, Roland Young plays Cosmo Topper, a mousy banker who gets into trouble because of his ability to see and speak with ghosts, and Billie Burke plays his wife, who's constantly befuddled by his strange antics. The plot revolves around a murder mystery. Joan Blondell portrays a slain woman who seeks out the reluctant Topper and enlists his help in identifying her killer and saving her friend, played by Carole Landis. Most of the action takes place in a spooky mansion filled with eccentric characters, trapdoors and secret passages. The film was nominated ...
1.01 [--] Topper: TOPPER MEETS THE GHOSTS (Pilot film) 09Oct53 Written by George Oppenheimer & Stephen Sondheim Story by Thorne Smith Directed by Philip Rapp Lyle Talbot, Mr. Moulton Synopsis: An avalanche does in the Kerbys while skiing, to their bemusement. The Toppers are buying their old haunts. [RF] Episode Guide Courtesy: http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/Topper.htm Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film Topper, which was based on two novels Topper and Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role. It finished at #24 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1954-1955 season.[1] Topper also earned an Emmy nomination for Best Situation Comedy in 1954. Sophisticated but s...
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs. Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to the strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with the help of a gold-digging French baron. Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not so easy... Written by Stephan Eichenberg
not a review. just a nudge. I just finished watching it (in my pjs). Thought I'd be a ghost for awhile. "kinda" playing with the software cuz it (as my husband would say) "takes in air rapidly".
ben mankiewicz talks about the movie before and after, as part of a lineup of movies starring roland young, from tcm on 12/28/16
2.38 [77] Topper: TOPPER'S OTHER JOB 24Jun55 Written by Phillip Rapp Synopsis: Faced with the prospect of unemployment, Topper is drawn into a money-making scheme. [RF] Episode Guide Courtesy: http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/Topper.htm Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film Topper, which was based on two novels Topper and Topper Takes a Trip by Thorne Smith. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role. It finished at #24 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1954-1955 season.[1] Topper also earned an Emmy nomination for Best Situation Comedy in 1954. Sophisticated but stuffy Cosmo Topper (Carroll) is the vice president of City Bank, married to sweet (but rather clueless) Henrietta (Lee Patrick). They live...
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