Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.A filmed version of Phil Silvers' hit Broadway show about a television comic who tried to regain his ratings on TV.
Walter Darewahl
- Walter
- (as Walter Dare Wahl)
George Marcy
- Featured Dancer
- (as George Marci)
Flash Hogan
- Singing Dog
- (as 'Flash' Hogan the Singing Dog)
Carolyn Anderson
- Dancer
- (Nicht genannt)
Mike Barton
- Dancer
- (Nicht genannt)
Iris Burton
- Dancer
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesOriginally shot and edited in 3-D, the idea of this film was to for the audience to experience a major Broadway show in the best seat in the house for the price of a movie ticket. Unfortunately, the film was released flat when the 3-D craze ended and no longer exists in that format. The broadcast version now used is the truncated version. According to The 3D Film Archive "the only material in the United Artists archive is an edited 35mm release print of the right side. That is the version which has been released on home video and it's missing about 15 minutes of footage. There are no negatives, color separations, inter-positives, dupe negatives, nothing. However, the missing 15 minutes does survive in both an uncut 16mm Kodachrome print struck in 1954 and an original, faded 35mm release print now at the UCLA Film and Television Archive."
- Zitate
Jerry Biffle: "He's in love" - that's why tenors were born.
- VerbindungenReferenced in Die Muppet Show: Milton Berle (1977)
- SoundtracksMy Home Is in My Shoes
Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Ausgewählte Rezension
This is a dreadful movie. However, the problem with this movie is in the production, not the performances. Phil Silvers and his supporting cast were great. "Top Banana" is essentially a showcase for old-time burlesque comedy presented by Phil Silvers and company, all of whom were veteran burlesque comics. In fact, the very title of the movie, "Top Banana", is an old burlesque term for the lead comic in a burlesque show, who's was invariably supported by a "Second Banana".
"Top Banana" was a long-running hit show on Broadway. The problem with this movie is that it is basically nothing more than a filmed version of the original stage show, and a very badly-filmed version, at that. The scenes are static, which is what one would expect when the director id doing nothing any more creative than to have a single fixed camera film a show being presented upon a stage. Worse that that, however, is that the movie is poorly edited, disjointed, chaotic and often incoherent. One can only suppose that Phil Silvers and company must have been appalled when they finally saw what a mess the movie studio had made of their hit Broadway show.
"Top Banana" was a long-running hit show on Broadway. The problem with this movie is that it is basically nothing more than a filmed version of the original stage show, and a very badly-filmed version, at that. The scenes are static, which is what one would expect when the director id doing nothing any more creative than to have a single fixed camera film a show being presented upon a stage. Worse that that, however, is that the movie is poorly edited, disjointed, chaotic and often incoherent. One can only suppose that Phil Silvers and company must have been appalled when they finally saw what a mess the movie studio had made of their hit Broadway show.
- robertguttman
- 13. Aug. 2020
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Details
Box Office
- Budget
- 150.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 20 Minuten
- Farbe
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