It is the third and final entry in the initial series of supernatural comedy films inspired by the novels of thorne smith. Topper is an american fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film topper, which was based on two novels topper and topper takes a trip by thorne smith. Topper is a 1937 american supernatural comedy film directed by norman z. It tells the story of a stuffy, stuckinhisways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a funloving married couple. Cosmo topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see. He is best known for portraying cornelius and caesar in the original planet of the apes film series, as well as galen in the spinoff television series. Patsy kelly was born bridget sarah veronica rose kelly on january 12, 1910, in brooklyn, new york. Vmovee hd watch the latest movies and tv series online for free. He began his acting career as a child in england, and then in the united states, in how. In 1973, nbctv aired the topper returns tv show in an effort to bring some thorne smith magic back to the small screen. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. Official website for the actress stefanie powers, most widely known for her roles in the hit series hart to hart and the girl from u. With joan blondell, roland young, carole landis, billie burke.
A pilot called topper returns 1973 was later made for a proposed tv series. Topper is an american fantasy sitcom television series based on the 1937 film topper, which was based on two novels topper and topper takes a trip by thorne smith. Cosmo topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see and hear. Chips, play it again, sam and tom sawyer through his company apjac productions. Roderick andrew anthony jude mcdowall 17 september 1928 3 october 1998 was an englishamerican actor, voice artist, film director and photographer. Topper returns 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In topper returns, cosmo topper is again visited by ghosts.
Her ghost seeks aid from topper to find the murderer. Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. In topper returns rochester plays the same part best plays in the body disappears. Born in houston, texas on october 22, 1931, carothers was older than his two siblings, gibson and lesley. Jud leaves a sadistically run prison and returns to an equally wicked town. A funloving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Topper takes a trip the night life of the gods the bishops jaegers by thorne smith and roese jan 1, 1942 4. Interestingly enough, the pilot episode and a few of the early episodes were written by.
A sassy girl finds herself dead after trading bedrooms with her heiress friend. Wizzard full official chart history official charts company. Roy del ruth a sassy girl finds herself dead after trading bedrooms with her heiress friend. She began performing in vaudeville when she was just twelve years old. Jacobs march 7, 1922 june 27, 1973 was a press agent turned film producer responsible for such films in the 1960s and 1970s as the planet of the apes series, doctor dolittle, goodbye, mr. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. One of the stars that steals the show in the body disappears is the funniest of them all, willie best. Theyre best known for their christmas song i wish it could be christmas everyday, which reached number 4 in december 1973. This time it is the ghost of gail richards, who persuades topper to go to the home of her friend ann carrington to uncover her murderer. Topper 1937 is an american comedy film starring constance bennett and cary grant.
Veteran performer john randolph was a tony awardwinning character actor whose union and social. Topper is again thrown into a series of crazy situations as he. See more ideas about old tv shows, my mother the car, tv shows. Patsy worked with comedian frank fay and starred in several broadway shows. He sold his first story, a murder mystery, to a classmate when he was 9 for 15 cents.
Starring roddy mcdowall, stefanie powers, john fink and reginald owens, the pilot aired on march 19, 1973. Supernatural season 15 trailer promises nothing ever really. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of topper returns with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Theres no cary grant in this the third installment of the popular horrorcomedy series, but roland young returns as the ever put upon and flustered topper again though, this time trying to. Billie burke full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Topper returns 1973 30min comedy tv movie 19 march 1973. A tv series of topper premiered in 1953 and ran for two seasons.
Topper returns 1941 is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of thorne smith. In 1973, a television pilot for a proposed new series topper returns. He sees dead people all the time, way before it became quite so fashionable in the sixth sense. Powers claimed john ford directed her for a week when director andrew v. As in the prior movies, roland young and billie burke play the toppers, while joan blondell portrays a murder victim and ghost who tries to save her friend, played by carole landis, and unmask her killer with the help. Watch all 39 topper episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. Watch full length feature films and series streaming online at vmovee. Topper returns is the third and last of the topper series, all of which starred roland young as the lead and billie burke as his annoying wife. A funloving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with. She was discovered by producer hal roach, who paired her with thelma todd in a series of comedy shorts. This pilot updated the 1937 film premise in that the ghosts died forty years earlier and havent adjusted to the hip 1970s.
Topper returns is a 1973 tv pilot that updates the classic cary grant film to the 1970s into a halfhour situation comedy. Charlie chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy greek shipping tycoon. Her ghost seeks aid from banker cosmo topper to find out why and by whom. This page is based on a wikipedia article written by contributors readedit. The schitts creek season 6 trailer youre not emotionally ready for is here. Hawkeye returns to the 4077th, finds trapper gone, and drives off to try and catch him to. If you dont have that one it is funnier than this one. Topper returns is a 1941 film directed by roy del ruth.
The series was broadcast on cbs from october 9, 1953 to july 15, 1955, and stars leo g. The third of producer hal roachs topper films, this entry stars roland young as banker cosmo topper, who gallantly offers a lift to pretty hitchhikers joan. Overview of topper returns, 1973, directed by hy averback, with roddy mcdowall, stefanie powers, john fink, at turner classic movies. Young plays the role to perfection again and burke is equally up to the challenge. Mcleod, starring constance bennett and cary grant and featuring roland young. The car chase at the end of the move is the same as in the movie, the body disappears. Topper returns movie trailer from the 1941 film based on characters created by author thorne smith. Topper returns 1941 joan blondell, roland young, carole. The film was adapted by eric hatch, jack jevne and eddie moran from the novel by thorne smith. The topper collection topper, topper takes a trip, topper returns.
Roland young, joan blondell, carole landis director. It followed topper 1937 and topper takes a trip 1938. Online shopping from a great selection at prime video store. Cosmo topper roddy mcdowall, an uptight and stuffy young man, finds his.
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