In topper returns, cosmo topper is again visited by ghosts. Mcleod, starring constance bennett and cary grant and featuring roland young. A sassy girl finds herself dead after trading bedrooms with her heiress friend. A funloving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Topper returns is a 1973 tv pilot that updates the classic cary grant film to the 1970s into a halfhour situation comedy. She was discovered by producer hal roach, who paired her with thelma todd in a series of comedy shorts. Wizzard full official chart history official charts company. This pilot updated the 1937 film premise in that the ghosts died forty years earlier and havent adjusted to the hip 1970s. Patsy worked with comedian frank fay and starred in several broadway shows. Roderick andrew anthony jude mcdowall 17 september 1928 3 october 1998 was an englishamerican actor, voice artist, film director and photographer.
With joan blondell, roland young, carole landis, billie burke. 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. Vci entertainment has set topper takes a trip 1938 and topper returns 1941 for bluray release on 11. 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. In topper returns rochester plays the same part best plays in the body disappears. The series was broadcast on cbs from october 9, 1953 to july 15, 1955, and stars leo g. She began performing in vaudeville when she was just twelve years old.
It tells the story of a stuffy, stuckinhisways man who is haunted by the ghosts of a funloving married couple. Watch full length feature films and series streaming online at vmovee. The film was adapted by eric hatch, jack jevne and eddie moran from the novel by thorne smith. Supernatural season 15 trailer promises nothing ever really. Roy del ruth a sassy girl finds herself dead after trading bedrooms with her heiress friend.
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. In 1973, nbctv aired the topper returns tv show in an effort to bring some thorne smith magic back to the small screen. It is the third and final entry in the initial series of supernatural comedy films inspired by the novels of thorne smith. Topper returns 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. With roddy mcdowall, stefanie powers, john fink, reginald owen. Starring roddy mcdowall, stefanie powers, john fink and reginald owens, the pilot aired on march 19, 1973.
Chips, play it again, sam and tom sawyer through his company apjac productions. A tv series of topper premiered in 1953 and ran for two seasons. A funloving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with. In 1973, a television pilot for a proposed new series topper returns. Cosmo topper roddy mcdowall, an uptight and stuffy young man, finds his.
Topper takes a trip the night life of the gods the bishops jaegers by thorne smith and roese jan 1, 1942 4. Topper returns 1941 is the third and final entry in the initial series of films inspired by the novels of thorne smith. Actress 114 the artists wife 2019 ada risi love by the book tv movie 2015 marilyn. 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. Young plays the role to perfection again and burke is equally up to the challenge. Topper is a 1937 american supernatural comedy film directed by norman z. Topper returns movie trailer from the 1941 film based on characters created by author thorne smith. It followed topper 1937 and topper takes a trip 1938. Billie burke full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Cosmo topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see. This page is based on a wikipedia article written by contributors readedit. The car chase at the end of the move is the same as in the movie, the body disappears. He began his acting career as a child in england, and then in the united states, in how.
Sleepers west lloyd nolan, lynn bari, mary beth hughes. 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. 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. Charlie chan investigates a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy greek shipping tycoon. Online shopping from a great selection at prime video store. The schitts creek season 6 trailer youre not emotionally ready for is here. Topper is again thrown into a series of crazy situations as he. Veteran performer john randolph was a tony awardwinning character actor whose union and social. Cosmo topper is bedeviled by two ghosts whom only he can see and hear. 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. Overview of topper returns, 1973, directed by hy averback, with roddy mcdowall, stefanie powers, john fink, at turner classic movies.
Patsy kelly was born bridget sarah veronica rose kelly on january 12, 1910, in brooklyn, new york. Roland young, joan blondell, carole landis director. All three somehow return as ghosts from europe to haunt the kirbys american. Hawkeye returns to the 4077th, finds trapper gone, and drives off to try and catch him to. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of topper returns with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. See more ideas about old tv shows, my mother the car, tv shows. If you dont have that one it is funnier than this one. 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. Powers claimed john ford directed her for a week when director andrew v. 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. He sees dead people all the time, way before it became quite so fashionable in the sixth sense. Watch all 39 topper episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. He sold his first story, a murder mystery, to a classmate when he was 9 for 15 cents. 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.
One of the stars that steals the show in the body disappears is the funniest of them all, willie best. 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. The topper collection topper, topper takes a trip, topper returns. Her ghost seeks aid from topper to find the murderer.
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