The box office check-up of 1935 (1936)

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A gay extravaganza in the modern pattern, charged with music, dancing and ingenious settings, is the production with which RKO Radio started off its 1935-36 program. "Top Hat" — here represented by a scene with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers — was produced by Pandro S. Berman and directed by Mark Sandrich. It has songs by Irving Berlin. The screen play is by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott, fashioned from a story by Dwight Taylor. Cinematography by David Abel. Musical director, Max Steiner. Photographic effects, Vernon Walker. Art director, Van Nest Polglase; associate, Carroll Clark. Editing, William Hamilton. Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore. The ensembles are by Hermes Pan. THE BOX OFFICE CHECK-UP OF 1935 75