Producer Hal Roach wanted W.C. Fields and Jean Harlow to costar as George and Marian Kerby, but neither was available at the time.
This was the first black & white film to be "colorized" in 1985.
George Kerby:
My pet, resting's the sort of thing you've got to work up to gradually... very dangerous to rest all of a sudden.
Marion Kerby:
Hey, George, is this 10:30 in the morning?
George Kerby:
No, this is Topper's bank.
Cosmo Topper:
Good morning, Clara.
Mrs. Topper:
Good morning, dear. You're late.
Cosmo Topper:
Oh... better late than never. Only 44 seconds, anyhow.
[Topper reading annual report of his bank]
Cosmo Topper:
Bullion abroad and in transit, thirteen million, two hundred and two thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and no cents.
George Kerby:
No sense.
Cosmo Topper:
I just said that, Mr. Kerby.
George Kerby:
So did I.
Marion Kerby:
Why don't you stop being a mummy for a few minutes and come to life? Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a mummy if you had any fun getting that way.
Cosmo Topper:
But I... I didn't, you see.
Marion Kerby:
No, I can tell that by the way you're staring at my knees.
Cosmo Topper:
So I'm a ditherer? Well, I'm jolly well going to dither, then!
Secretary:
Well, bless my blonde heart!
Hotel Manager:
Perhaps you can explain the red on this cigarette.
Cosmo Topper:
Yes, I... cut my tongue when I was shaving this morning.
Marion Kerby:
Let's go have some dinner.
Cosmo Topper:
Oh no, we cannot eat on an empty stomach!
Marion Kerby:
Then we better have a few drinks first!
Kerby, George:
Say, if I'm in the way, you folks could leave.
Cosmo Topper:
My wife objects to drinking.
George Kerby:
Then she shouldn't drink.
Cosmo Topper:
She doesn't.
George Kerby:
What's her objection?
Marion Kerby:
Oh, George, I can see right through you.
George Kerby:
Say, that's funny. I can see through you, too.
Marion Kerby:
[seeing her body lying next to George's beside the car, which has just crashed] George, look. You know something George? I think we're dead.
George Kerby:
I think you're right. Funny; I don't *feel* any different.
Marion Kerby:
[she and George Kerby are invisible to Topper] Toppy doesn't know us, Toppy doesn't know us!
Followed by
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
Topper Returns (1941)
Remade as
"Topper" (1953)
Topper (1979) (TV)
Topper (2008)
Edited into
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
- flashback sequences shows Grant and Bennett at their accident
References
Liliom (1930)
- George and Marion Kirby cannot get into Heaven unless they perform a good deed on Earth first.
Liliom (1934)
- George and Marion Kirby cannot get into Heaven unless they perform a good deed on Earth first.
Referenced in
Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
Beetle Juice (1988)
Heart and Souls (1993)
A Slight Case of Murder (1999) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
Penny Dreadful (2005)
- character named after
Featured in
The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)