Top Hat
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Top Hat is a 1935 American musical screwball comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American tap dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick. He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as Hardwick's valet Bates, Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini, a fashion designer and rival for Dale's affections, and Helen Broderick as Hardwick's long-suffering wife Madge.
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Top Hat
The final supported backbend – Astaire and Rogers in the climax to "Cheek to Cheek"
Helen Broderick
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Helen Broderick was an American actress known for her comic roles, especially as a wisecracking sidekick.
Broderick in the trailer for Top Hat (1935)
Broderick (left) in Honeymoon in Bali (1939)