Topper is a feel-good movie with Cary Grant and Constance Bennet — a fun-loving couple that drive a little too fast, one last time and end up dead. But they aren’t really D&G (Dead and Gone) — they’re still alive in the spirit form. Constance thinks she’s only suffered a run in her stocking, but then she realizes she’s suffered a little more.
I love the whole after-life scenario, since I believe in life after death and the thin veil that separates us. I’ve read that you’ll see all your good deeds — how you affected other people — and all your bad deeds, when you purposely thought only of yourself and feathering your own nest. But I’ve recently been reading Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife
and like the idea that there is a great feeling of love on the other side.
and like the idea that there is a great feeling of love on the other side.Cary Grant and Constance are the “Kerbys” and they have decided to do some good, from the other side of the veil, reaching through to this mortal world.
The Topper car was made for this movie. It’s kind of dreamy and out of this world as well. And you gotta love the big ‘ole ride. I was curious as to what kind of car it was.
“Built by the Bohman & Schwartz Company of Pasadena in California on a 1937 Buick Century Chassis. It was specially designed for use in the Topper movie, and for this it was equipped with a hidden steering mechanism so that it could be driven by a person that was not seen on the screen. The car was subsequently rebuilt twice and mounted on a Chrysler chassis. For listing it is a Buick Century Bohman & Schwartz 1937.“
