Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935/00/00 | Motion Picture Association | Regulator | The Hays Office sends a terse warning to RKO Studios that homosexual actors in "Top Hat", like, Erik Rhodes and Edward Everett Horton, are to "avoid any idea of actors being pansy in character." | ||||
| 1935/00/00 | RKO Pictures | Studio | The "Top Hat" Venice canal set is filmed on RKO stages 11, 12 and 14 on the Gower Street Hollywood lot. Interconnected to form a single area and the 300 ft long set is 135 ft wide. The stages are now Paramount Studios 19, 20 and 21. | Paramount Studios | Los Angeles | ||
| 1935/00/00 | Lucille Ball | Actress - flower girl | Lucille Ball lands an uncredited role as 'flower girl' in RKO Radio Pictures' "Top Hat". | RKO Pictures Studio | Los Angeles | ||
| 1935/08/29 | Fred Astaire | Actor | "Top Hat" premiere is held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. The film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $1,420,000 elsewhere. RKO made a profit of $1,325,000, making it the studio's most profitable film of the 1930s. | Radio City Music Hall | New York City | ||
| 1935/08/29 | Mark Sandrich | Director | "Top Hat" premiere is held at Radio City Music Hall, New York City. The film earned $1,782,000 in the US and Canada and $1,420,000 elsewhere. RKO made a profit of $1,325,000, making it the studio's most profitable film of the 1930s. | Radio City Music Hall | New York City | ||
| 1935/09/28 | Irving Berlin | Composer | All five songs from Irving Berlin's "Top Hat" film score are broadcast on 'Your Hit Parade'. |
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| Particulars for Top Hat: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Dance | ||
| Art Type | Film | ||
| Vehicle | Hansom Cab | nimble, 2 wheeled horse-drawn carriage accommodating two inside, with the driver seated behind, named after its founder A J Hansom. | |
| Narrative Arts | Live Action | ||
| Narrative Arts | Musical | ||
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
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