 Berlin broke a number of the conventions of American songwriting in this film, especially in the songs "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" and "Cheek to Cheek", and, according to Rogers, the film became the talk of Hollywood as a result of its score.In an Astaire-Rogers picture, the Big White Set — as these Art Deco-inspired creations were known — took up the largest share of the film's production costs, and "Top Hat" was no exception.A winding canal — spanned by two staircase bridges at one end and a flat bridge on the other — was built across two adjoining sound stages.