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Topper/Topper Returns
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Starring: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Carole Landis
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod, Roy Del Ruth
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In Topper, Cary Grant and Constance Bennett star as George and Marion Kerby, a fun-loving couple who find themselves in limbo as ghosts after an unfortunate auto accident. Deciding that heaven is just one good deed away, they turn their attention toward their dull friend Cosmo Topper. But Topper is one stodgy banker, and it'll take all the high jinks the Kerby's can muster to haunt Topper into loosening up and living it up. In Topper Returns, Cosmo Topper finds himself once again spooked by a ghost. This time, it's the young and beautiful Gail Richards, the accidental victim of a phantom killer whose intended target is wealthy heiress Ann Carrington. Set on finding her killer, Gail enlists the help of Topper with hilarious results in this zany and entertaining murder mystery.


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A classic screwball comedy with a supernatural twist, Topper stars the incomparable Cary Grant and sparkling Constance Bennett as George and Marion Kirby, a fun-loving couple who cap an evening of jazz and champagne by running their car into a tree.

They return as ghosts with a mandate to liven up the straight-laced hen-pecked life of bank president Cosmo Topper (Roland Young), who's hungry for just such a shake-up. Before long he's boozing, dancing, and getting into fights, all of which gives him a rakish reputation -- much to the consternation of his wife (Billie Burke, best known as Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz ). The sequel replaces Grant and Bennett with Joan Blondell, who can't quite compare, but she's charming in her own way. Topper Returns is a rambunctious murder mystery with some gorgeous sets and elegant cinematography -- the sequence of Blondell's death and ghostly rise is dazzling.

~ Bret Fetzer

  Product Details

Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Encoding : Region 1 ( Compatible with equipment typically sold in U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda )
Binding : DVD
Release Date : 17 June, 2003
EAN : 0707729138280
Running Time : 184 minutes
Features : Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Studio : Lions Gate
Music Label : Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date : 21 March, 1941
Manufacturer : Lions Gate
UPC : 707729138280
Number of Items : 1
Box Dimensions : 7.5" long x 5.5" wide x 0.6" high
Publisher : Lions Gate
Shipping Weight : 0.2 pounds

Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 78 reviews

  Customer Reviews

Topper has a girl on his lap ~ 02 February, 2010

And his wife caught him. Besides revisiting your favorite characters, there is a pretty good murder mystery going. There is an old dark house with secret passages and secret people. In the middle of this is Topper. And on top of Toper's lap there is a ghost.

Ann Carrington (Carole Landis) is returning to her old family estate. Traveling there with her friend Gail Richards (Joan Blondell), we see the front end of a rifle and soon the cab they are traveling in gets a flat tier at the most incontinent location. This sets the tone as later Gail gets ghostafied.

So who did it and why? Gail is determined to find out with the help of the only person who can see her Cosmo Topper (Roland Young).

The Parent Trap (Vault Disney Collection)


TOPPER DVD ~ 02 February, 2010

Glad I held out and waited to find the right price for these wonderful classics.


great ~ 28 January, 2010

I love the case , it is in better shape then I expected and the dvd plays great.


A great black comedy to watch on Halloween night ~ 04 September, 2009

This is the third movie in the Topper series but without the charm of Cary Grant. Sexy, wise-cracking Gail Richards (Joan Blondell) accompanies her best friend Ann Carrington (Carole Landis) to see Ann's ailing father at his mansion. During her stay at the creepy mansion, she is found murdered after trading her bedroom with Ann, who was the intended target of the killer. In the tradition of Topper movies, Gail's ghost comes back and she persuades the sweet and caring Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) who had given the ladies a lift earlier, to help identify the masked killer. The madcap adventure begins with one after another, following up leads to her murderer. The real hoot is that Eddie the chauffeur (Eddie Anderson) see's "strange things" for which there are no clear explanations; doors opening and closing by themselves, people talking to nothing and getting answers, extra sets of footprints in freshly fallen snow he can't figure out. The house is crowded with other members of the household. Besides Ann, her father Henry Carrington (H.B. Warner), Clara Topper (Billie Burke), Emily, the Topper maid (Patsy Kelly), Dr. Jeris (George Zucco), a dumb cop (flustered Donald MacBride), and housekeeper Lillian (Rafaela Ottiano) provide a good deal of "creepy" feeling to lighten of your Halloween experience. It is all in good fun and no serious scary moment of course. Finally the identity of the killer is revealed. It is worth watching the movie to find out the identity of the masked killer!

My favorite scenes are: When Topper gives the two ladies (and their suitcases) ride in his small car, while Gail sits comfortably on his lap, and Clara Topper watching from her window who gets real furious. Another moment is when Eddie, the chauffeur keeps falling repeatedly through a hole in the ground to the riverbed beneath the house, and then being persistently kept from re-emerging by a playful seal!

This is one of Joan Blondell's best movies, but she did not get many opportunities to make "big successful" movies like Billie Burke and other famous actresses, but she had the opportunity to be immortalized at the Grumman Chinese theater in Hollywood with her feet and handprints (1937).

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Topper has a girl on his lap ~ 08 June, 2009

And his wife caught him. Besides revisiting your favorite characters, there is a pretty good murder mystery going. There is an old dark house with secret passages and secret people. In the middle of this is Topper. And on top of Toper's lap there is a ghost.

Ann Carrington (Carole Landis) is returning to her old family estate. Traveling there with her friend Gail Richards (Joan Blondell), we see the front end of a rifle and soon the cab they are traveling in gets a flat tier at the most incontinent location. This sets the tone as later Gail gets ghostafied.

So who did it and why? Gail is determined to find out with the help of the only person who can see her Cosmo Topper (Roland Young).

The Parent Trap (Vault Disney Collection)

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