Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m., Dryden Theatre
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Topper (1937)
(Norman Z. McLeod, US 1937, 97 min., 35mm)
George and Marion Kerby (Cary Grant and Constance Bennett) are bank owners who live for fun and excitement. Their friend and fellow member of the board of directors, Cosmo Topper (Roland Young), is hen-pecked and boring. The Kerby’s fun and excitement leads to a fatal car crash that leaves them walking the earth in limbo. They decide to give Topper a supernatural makeover and help him start enjoying life, despite the trouble it may cause at home and at work. This classic screwball comedy was integral in establishing Cary Grant’s dapper onscreen persona.