Irving Berlin’s Top Hat, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is nearly the perfect film to introduce children to black and white movies. What’s not to love in this classic story of boy meets girl, with a case of mistaken identity and plenty of fancy footwork thrown in for good measure.
Your kids will be humming along to one of the best musical scores in history with such classics as “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails,” “Isn’t It a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?” and “Cheek to Cheek.” Four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this 1935 film has lost none of its staying power all these years later.
Glorious costumes accentuated by the two-tone colors made my kids quickly forget the film is not in color. Ginger’s infamous feathery dance dress makes quite the splash even in black and white, and Fred’s tuxedos have that touch of class that makes every girl wish they were in his arms swirling around the dance floor.
While some of the humor flew right past their wee heads, the children thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent dancing sequences. As one of my girls said, “I want to dance like that.” And who can blame her when Astaire is the hoofer and Rogers is his partner?
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