Author: WTM / Source: Neatorama
Sometimes life imitates art and sometimes art imitates art. In 1937, the film Topper was released. Starring Cary Grant, the plot was that a fun-loving couple, finding that they are dead and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
It was quite successful, so in 1953 the film was used as the basis for a new TV comedy series Topper. This series was about a somewhat grumpy and reserved banker, Cosmo Topper (played wonderfully by Leo G. Carroll), and the ghosts which only he could see and hear, George and Marion Kerby (played to perfection by real-life married couple Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling). The Kerbys would often try to get Cosmo to chill out and enjoy life, but usually they ended up complicating it for him. The cast also included an alcoholic St. Bernard, Neil, who we…The post Topper (1953-1955) – the TV Series appeared first on FeedBox.