hat hat american musical comedy film plays american dancer named comes london star produced meets attempts impress win affection film features fashion designer rival affections long suffering wife film written directed songs written cheek cheek american song classics referred particularly cheek cheek segment films including purple rose cairo hat successful picture rogers partnership second successful picture achieving second place worldwide box office receipts dance critics maintain contained finer set dances hat remains day partnership best known work plot american dancer comes london star produced practicing tap dance routine hotel bedroom awakens floor storms upstairs complain jerry falls love proceeds pursue london mistakes married friend following success jerry opening night london jerry follows venice visiting modelling promoting created italian fashion designer penchant jerry proposes believing jerry disgusted friend husband behave manner agrees instead marry fortunately english priest conducts ceremony sent trip jerry manages convince return hotel previous confusion rapidly cleared reconciled couple dance venetian sunset tune cast production hat began filming april cost shooting ended june public previews held july led cuts approximately minutes mainly portion film carnival sequence parade filmed huge set heavily cut minutes cut premiere broke records went gross million initial release profitable film 1930s mutiny bounty money film released script development principal screenwriter screenplay written specially rogers reacted negatively drafts complaining patterned closely gay cast sort young man charm sympathy humour major project serve rogers pictures hired actually worked taylor acting script editor advisor insisted minor changes including probably quoted line dialogue film motto women kiss men sword originally ran men sword women whip role creation hat taylor recalled berlin shared kind excitement style picture summed word left year later mark said screen film release script panned critics alleged merely rewrite gay musical score orchestration composer complete film score negotiated unique contract retaining score guarantee cent profits film earned excess songs original score discarded considered advance film plot thee recycled follow fleet songs eventually selected major hits september broadcast hit parade featured songs selected week recalled success helped restore berlin self confidence met berlin film danced stage tunes early ensued lifelong friendship berlin contributing films total composer experience wrote real inspiration writer written hat makes feel secure berlin read write music pick tunes specially designed piano keys automatically required assistant piano parts rehearsal pianist performed role hat recalled working nights berlin went heaven went heaven said love parts subsequently orchestrated team comprising worked overall supervision berlin broke number conventions american songwriting film especially songs cheek cheek according rogers film talk hollywood result score set design picture inspired creations known took largest share film production costs hat exception winding canal spanned staircase bridges end flat bridge built adjoining sound stages rogers dance flat bridge cheek cheek bend bridge located main giant stage coated red location fantasy representation levels comprising dance floors restaurants decorated candy cane colours canal waters dyed black vast venetian interiors similarly reflecting instead latest hollywood tastes worked general supervision unit art director rogers films managed team designers responsible scenery hat wardrobe feathers incident nominally charge dressing stars rogers interested dress design routine determined use creation determined wear dress come hell high water moved beautifully obviously cast crew willing sides particularly right stand mother support confrontation entire office plus enormous labor involved feather dress normally approved partner suggested modifications necessary rehearsals saw dress time day shoot horrified way shed clouds feathers twist turn recalling later like chicken attacked saw feathers life according choreographer lost temper rogers promptly burst tears mother came charging like mother protecting young additional night work resolved problem careful examination dance film reveals feathers floating rogers lying dance floor later pan presented rogers gold feather charm berlin tune feathers hate feathers hate hardly speak find happiness seek chicken feathers dancing nicknamed rogers feathers title chapters autobiography parodied experience song dance routine chose provided clothes widely credited influencing 20th century male fashion according forbes male fashion editor isn lovely day routine shows dressed style famous soft sports jacket button shirt bold striped tie easy cut gray silk pocket square shoes contemporary approach look dozen designers rely decades later introduced new style dress broke step worn aristocratic european father figure heroes musical numbers choreography choreography assisted principally concerned possibilities noise possible film suffers rogers terms suddenly find dancing introduces film tap motif tap barrage members musical numbers logo appears shown waist dances polished stage floor backed male chorus sporting appears rogers follows suit dance picture reveal hat similar concept opening sequence broadway second strings retiring hotel suite advises married declares preference song number found earliest drafts emerges naturally mid sentence sings twice phrase leaps ballet jump accompanied leg beats launches short solo dance builds intensity volume progressing tap sur place traveling patterns rapid fire heel finishing tour suite beats furniture hands return center room tap barrage camera cranes discover rogers bed awake irritated makes way upstairs fields telephone complaints hotel management incorporates routine startling tap burst escorting telephone leaves investigate continues hammer way suite horror seeing image mirror reference belief camera kind face routine ends dancing statue interrupted rogers entrance scene way inadvertently hostility rogers find attractive wear resistance strings reprise rogers upstairs complain returns room point intent dancing sand eventually sleep soft gentle sand dance reprise melody scene drawn considerable admiration dance commentators subject screen parodies isn lovely day caught rain rogers riding thunderstorm breaks takes shelter follows conversation clouds rainfall soon gives way rendering berlin prized creations sings rogers audience rogers attitude song purpose ensuing dance communicate change partner dance according devices common classical imitation dancer performs step responds touching initially imitation mocking character casual exchange ends spirit true cooperation thirty seconds half minute dance pair appear pull touching elbow rogers invites routine comic romantic incorporates steps tap spins dragging steps innovative devices spirit equality dance reflected rogers clothes friendly exchange end hat white tie tails probably celebrated tap solo idea title song came described berlin routine created broadway flop called young man chorus men included teenagers cane berlin duly produced song trunk concept film built number compromise philosophy acknowledged went huge lengths hat number look like actually remarkable ability change tempo single dance phrase extensively featured routine taken extremes explodes activity pose complete quiet vice versa routine marks use cane prop filmed dances number opens chorus backdrop street scene way stage delivers song features famous line stepping dear breathe atmosphere simply class trading occasional tap barrage chorus sings dance begins chorus moving step soon tap step chorus responds leaving stage sequence overlapping direction shifting steps walks solo follows circular tap movement embellished cane mixes series unpredictable camera lights dim passage follows series ranging overt surprise readiness confidence attended shooting scene advised claims section chorus returns threatening posture proceeds dispatch inventive series actions cane use gun gun rifle finally bow arrow rogers isn lovely day falls foul mistaken identity theme plot makes second attempt encouraged number cheek cheek strings song emerges mid sentence dances hesitant rogers crowded floor berlin wrote words music enduring classic day measures longest song wrote treatment song melody keeps going didn damned bit difference difficult material rogers looks attracted receptive end song dance cheek cheek bridge deserted ballroom area nearby according analysis duet follows easily famous partnered dances reflects complexity emotional situation pair find longer flirting isn lovely day pair love rogers feels guilty prefer avoid advances effect fall love purpose aside mystery surrender completely device introduced reflect progress supported exploiting rogers exceptionally flexible main dance begins brief passages reuse device imitation introduced isn lovely day pair spin lean forth past moving standard ballroom position hints supported introduced occurs end sequence sends rogers spin collects maneuvers linked arm forward repeats spin time turns takes arms music energetic dancers flow floor rogers moving music suddenly falls deeper repeated deeper music transitions quiet main melody pair engage muted tender second passage involving imitation appears music reaching grand climax rogers rush camera away series bold dramatic culminating ballroom lifts showcase rogers dress abruptly coming halt final deepest maintained music approaches closing bars rise couple turns dancing cheek cheek time dance began come rest wall rogers having conducted dance state abandon walking away reminded relationship proceed rogers learned true identity know marriage rhodes void dining carnival night venice help guilt declares let eat drink merry tomorrow face serves cue music film big production number parade followed entry dancing chorus perform series ballroom poses pattern routines berlin great deal effort song designed flying rio continental gay lyric fake origin written latin sat home brooklyn stars song song rogers sings camera chorus repeats dance ensemble photographed camera switches rogers bound stage perform minute dance shot pan choreography separately referencing basic melody latin accompaniment dance accompaniment descend steps dance floor melody enters halt perform step involves feet body rest dance involves variations step steps associated leading complex melody final appearance dancers perform highly embellished form step travel sideways table sinking chairs lifting glasses reprise parties confront suite rogers marriage rhodes revealed performed fake clergyman scene set rogers dance sunset duly fragment longer duet original cut july previews parade venetian set reprise step reception box office film earned canada profit making studio profitable film 1930s critical response mainly positive praised film hat tops dancing singing tunes right mind couldn ask course couple new_york_times praised film musical numbers criticized story line describing little thin stating plug inevitable gaps gay dances hat worth standing line appearance lobby yesterday afternoon probably variety singled story line cast stating danger sign story cast lineup players gay situations scripts parallel closely concluded hat film miss awards honors film nominated original song cheek cheek hat hat selected preservation culturally historically aesthetically significant film ranked number american_film_institute list best musicals popular culture hat referenced particularly cheek cheek segment films including purple rose cairo stage adaptation film adapted stage musical began touring late cast included jerry opened august touring regional theatres including leeds birmingham edinburgh production transferred west end april opening won awards 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