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Drama: Musical

13/11/1998

BBC Two - Top Hat

Astaire and Rogers musical. An American dancer falls in love with a guest in his hotel.

Classic Astaire and Rogers musical. An American in London falls for a girl who flees to Venice because she thinks he is already married. Songs include Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat.

In the quintessential Astaire and Rogers musical, an American dancer staying at a hotel in London falls in love with the guest staying in the room below. However, she gets her wires crossed, convinces herself that the dancer is already hitched and hotfoots it off to Venice. Classic numbers include Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat. This is Fred and Ginger's fourth pairing, but the first with a screenplay written specifically for them.

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