Fast Forward Between Dance Scenes:
I’ve never been a big fan of Fred and Ginger movies, usually just fast forwarding through the paper-thin plot to get to the dance numbers. But until the other night, I had never seen Top Hat, the best of the 10 movies they did together. The plot is tricky, clever, fun, the dialogue sassy and sharp. the dancing actually part of the movie instead a showcase jammed inside it. No wonder it’s in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.