Top Hat (1935 Mark Sandrich)

Tapetty-tapetty tip-tap. Tap dancing is like machine-gunning. Having said that, the dance routine following 'Isn't It a Lovely Day?' (no, not the Gorky's Zygotic Monkey version - Irving Berlin) is pretty cool, filmed in long, smooth takes.

I liked this:
"What is this strange power you have over horses?"
"Horse power."

But that's not as funny as Van Nest Polglase's charming Venice set, in which we see a gondola, a motor boat and a couple swimming, one on an inflatable zebra, all in the same shot.

Eric Blore - Edward Everett Horton partnership is fun.. design is deco, plot antique.

Loved Ginger's comment - "I could do everything he did, only backwards, and in high heels."