Topper Takes a Trip [Blu-ray]

Topper Takes a Trip [Blu-ray]

Director: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Roland Young
Roland Young
, Billie Burke
Billie Burke
, Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett
, Verree Teasdale
Verree Teasdale
Norman Z. McLeod
Topper Takes a Trip [Blu-ray]

Topper Takes a Trip [Blu-ray]

Director: Norman Z. McLeod Cast: Roland Young
Roland Young
, Billie Burke
Billie Burke
, Constance Bennett
Constance Bennett
, Verree Teasdale
Verree Teasdale
Norman Z. McLeod

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Overview

Except for a few clips from 1937's Topper, Cary Grant is absent from the proceedings of the 1939 sequel Topper Takes a Trip, though his Topper co-stars Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mobray are back in harness and in fine fettle. Picking up where the first film left off, we find mild-mannered banker Cosmo Topper (Young) being sued for divorce by his wife Clara (Burke). It's all because of Topper's questionable behavior while at the mercy of mischievous ghosts George and Marion Kerby (Grant and Bennett). All the ghosts had wanted to do was "liberate" Topper from his stuffy existence, thereby performing a good deed that would allow them entree into Heaven. George Kirby was permitted to ascend to the Choir Invisible, but for obscure reasons the spirit of Marion was left behind. She decides that the only way she'll be allowed past the Pearly Gates is to reunite Mr. and Mrs. Topper, and to that end follows Clara to Paris and Monte Carlo. This time, Marion is joined in her mission by Skippy, a ghostly pooch who, like his mistress, can appear and disappear at will. As in the earlier Topper film, Roy Seawright's special effects vie for top comedy honors with the superb performance by Roland Young as the ever-flustered Cosmo Topper. Equally amusing are supporting players Veree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn and Alex D'Arcy. The second of producer Hal Roach's Topper films (based on the novels by Thorne Smith), Topper Takes a Trip would be followed in 1941 by Topper Returns...and, of course, by the eternally-rerun TV series of the 1950s.

Product Details

Release Date: 12/18/2018
UPC: 0089859904424
Original Release: 1938
Rating: NR
Source: MUSIC VIDEO DIST.***
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [monaural]
Language: English
Time: 1:24:00
Sales rank: 25,422

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Roland Young Cosmo Topper
Billie Burke Mrs. Topper
Constance Bennett Marion Kerby
Verree Teasdale Nancy Parkhurst,Nancy Parkhurst
Alan Mowbray Wilkins
Franklin Pangborn Louis
Alex D'Arcy Baron de Rossi
Paul Hurst Bartender
Eddie Conrad Jailer
Spencer Charters Judge Wilson
Irving Pichel Prosecutor
Paul Everton Defender
Duke York Gorgan
Leon Belasco Bellboy
Georges Renavent Magistrate
George Humbert Waiter
Alphonse Martell Waiter
James C. Morton Bailiff
Torben Meyer Doorman
George Davis Porter
Armand Kaliz Clerk
Cary Grant George Kerby--in Scenes from TOPPER
Skippy Mr. Atlas
Edward B. Powell Composer
Hugo Friedhofer Composer

Technical Credits
Norman Z. McLeod Director
Hal Roach Producer
Roy Seawright Special Effects
Milton Bren Producer
Corey Ford Screenwriter
Eddie Moran Screenwriter
Jack Jevne Screenwriter
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