Topper Takes a Trip

1938

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 63% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 63% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1598 1.6K

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Plot summary

Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.

Top cast

Cary Grant as George Kerby
Asta as 'Mr. Atlas' - Dog
Billie Burke as Mrs. Topper
Constance Bennett as Marion Kerby
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1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

IMHO the weakest of the Topper films

It recycles considerable footage from the first Topper film as background information. I guess that's a way of getting Cary Grant in there, even though he didn't shoot any new scenes for Topper Takes a Trip. (I bet they used his face in the advertising, too. If I had paid money to see this film, thinking Cary Grant was in it, I would have felt quite disappointed!) Constance Bennett stars as the ghost of Mrs. Kerby. She had some amusing moments, but I personally think she lacked the sparkle and sass of Joan Blondell, who starred in Topper Returns (my favorite of the three entries). The only scene at which I laughed out loud was that of the fortune-seeker on the beach, trying to woo Mrs. Topper while the ghost of Mrs. Kerby thwarts him with unseen hands at every turn. She strips his trunks off him while he's lying under the sand, then torments him with a giant beach ball that inexplicably keeps rolling over him while Mrs. Topper squeaks with alarm. So yes, that was funny, but if I had to choose one of the Topper films never to see again, it would be this one. Billie Burke, as usual, is a scene-stealer, but Alan Mowbray also made a worthy contribution here as the butler Wilkins.
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Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 8 / 10

A fun trip

Really loved the first 'Topper' and found it a much needed sheer delight. Nearly everything worked, aside from the occasionally draggy pace but the production values, script and performance enlivened the proceedings significantly. It was succeeded by two sequels 'Topper Takes a Trip' and 'Topper Returns', hearing about them left me with mixed emotions. Either they could have been just as good and gone well with the original or they could have been completely pointless.

Both of them in my view are worth watching and while neither are as good or in the same league as the first 'Topper' they are nearly as good. The first of them 'Topper Takes a Trip' has almost everything that made the original such a delight, it may lack Cary Grant (excepting a not particularly necessary and shoehorned in flashback to the original) but Constance Bennett, Roland Young and Norman Z McLeod in the director's chair all return and have not lost what made them work so well in the first.

There are a couple of other things that stop 'Topper Takes a Trip' from being even better than it turned out to be. The beginning does go on for too long and felt very contrived.

Also found that Billie Burke overdid it in her part here and came over as irritating.

However, Bennett once again is a joy. She is very elegant and again has a lot of fun in her role while not over-egging. Young also looks like he was enjoying himself, he copes with the physical comedy with aplomb and grace and he is both amusing and likeable. The supporting cast standout is a riotous Franklin Pangborn with Verree Teasdale close behind, neither straining for laughs and looking completely natural. McLeod again does a spirited job with the directing without letting things get too manic.

Once again, the production values are great. 'Topper Takes a Trip' is beautifully shot with opulent art direction. The special effects hold up well. The music matches the whimsy of the film's tone more than fittingly and the sophistication and wit in the dialogue remains still. The story is silly but never loses its spirit and charm, it's always fun too.

In summary, lovely first sequel if not quite as good. Stick with it if put off by the start, it's worth it. 8/10

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