Topper Takes a Trip
(1939)
80 or 85 mins | Comedy | 12 January 1939
Director:
Norman Z. McLeodWriters:
Eddie Moran, Jack Jevne, Corey FordProducer:
Milton H. BrenCinematographer:
Norbert BrodineEditor:
William TerhuneProduction Designer:
Charles D. HallProduction Company:
Hal Roach Studios, Inc.According to a news item in LAEx, producer Milton Bren had originally planned to have Cary Grant reprise his role as "George Kerby" from the 1937 film Topper. When he was unable to obtain Grant, Bren instead substituted a clip from Topper in which George has his fatal automobile accident. The onscreen credits read "grateful acknowledgement is expressed to Mr. Cary Grant for his consent to the use of scenes from the original film Topper. Roy Seawright was nominated for a Best Special Effects Academy Award. This was the second of three Topper films. For more information about the films, See Entry for Topper ...
According to a news item in LAEx, producer Milton Bren had originally planned to have Cary Grant reprise his role as "George Kerby" from the 1937 film Topper. When he was unable to obtain Grant, Bren instead substituted a clip from Topper in which George has his fatal automobile accident. The onscreen credits read "grateful acknowledgement is expressed to Mr. Cary Grant for his consent to the use of scenes from the original film Topper. Roy Seawright was nominated for a Best Special Effects Academy Award. This was the second of three Topper films. For more information about the films, See Entry for Topper
Meek New York bank president Cosmo Topper is hauled into divorce court by his wife Clara, who accuses her husband of adultery. In court, Topper explains how he met the "other woman," the ghost of Marion Kerby, after she and her husband George were killed in an auto accident. The judge throws the case out of court and Clara is coached by her troublemaking friend, Mrs. Parkhurst, to sail to France and get a divorce. Meanwhile, Marion, learning of her old friend Toppy's troubles, comes back to earth and forces the mild-mannered Topper to follow and fight for his home. They arrive at the Riviera to find Clara being courted by the fortune hunting Baron de Rossi. Weird occurences on the Riviera abound when Topper and Marion are forced to lodge in the same tiny room and Marion decides to win a bundle of money at the casino. The Baron loses his suavity as Marion resolves to remove him from Clara's life, and after a series of comic incidents, her campaign succeeds and the muddled Toppers are ...
Meek New York bank president Cosmo Topper is hauled into divorce court by his wife Clara, who accuses her husband of adultery. In court, Topper explains how he met the "other woman," the ghost of Marion Kerby, after she and her husband George were killed in an auto accident. The judge throws the case out of court and Clara is coached by her troublemaking friend, Mrs. Parkhurst, to sail to France and get a divorce. Meanwhile, Marion, learning of her old friend Toppy's troubles, comes back to earth and forces the mild-mannered Topper to follow and fight for his home. They arrive at the Riviera to find Clara being courted by the fortune hunting Baron de Rossi. Weird occurences on the Riviera abound when Topper and Marion are forced to lodge in the same tiny room and Marion decides to win a bundle of money at the casino. The Baron loses his suavity as Marion resolves to remove him from Clara's life, and after a series of comic incidents, her campaign succeeds and the muddled Toppers are reconciled.
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