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Topper Takes a Trip (1938, Constance Bennett, Roland Young)

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6 years ago

August 31, 2018

Constance Bennett tackles Roland Young’s marital problems without the benefit of hubby Cary Grant in this follow-up to Topper. When Billie Burke spots her husband (Young) with Bennett, she assumes he’s having an affair and flies off to Paris. Bennett and her equally invisible dog (who provides many of the laughs here) put things to right, and she joins Grant in the great beyond.

The same year that she made Topper Takes a Trip, Billie Burke (who plays Mrs. Topper) appeared in her signature role, as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz. Burke used her distinctive fluting voice to advantage in both roles.

Academy Award Nomination for Best Visual Effects.

production details
Country: USA | MGM | 85 minutes
Release Year: 1938

Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Producer: Hal Roach
Cinematography: Norbert F. Brodine
Editor: William H. Terhune
Script: Corey Ford, Jack Jevne, Eddie Moran
Special Effects: Roy Seawright
Art Direction: Charles Hall

cast
Constance Bennett as Marion Kerby
Roland Young as Cosmo Topper
Billie Burke as Mrs. Clara Topper
Alan Mowbray as Wilkins – Topper’s Butler
Eddie Conrad as Jailer
Verree Teasdale as Mrs. Nancy Parkhurst
Georges Renavent as Magistrate
Franklin Pangborn as Louis – Hotel Manager
Alexander D’Arcy as Baron de Rossi
Paul Hurst as Charlie – the Bartender
Armand Kaliz as Hotel Clerk
Spencer Charters as Judge
Irving Pichel as Prosecutor
Leon Belasco as Bellboy
Bess Flowers as Lady in Casino
Skippy as Mr. Atlas
Ben Taggart as Policeman in Bank (uncredited)
George Davis as French Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bobby Barber as Hotel Staffer Moving Bed (uncredited)
Wade Boteler as Police Sergeant in Bank (uncredited)
Cary Grant as George Kerby (archive footage) (uncredited)

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