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Film best bowler, perhaps (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

top hat

'film' is the definition.
(1935 film)

'best bowler perhaps' is the wordplay.
'best' becomes 'top' (associated in meaning).
'bowler perhaps' becomes 'hat' (bowler is a kind of hat).
'top'+'hat'='TOP-HAT'

(Other definitions for top hat that I've seen before include "Head gear" , "It's seen with tails" , "1935 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers film" , "Upper-class" , "Formal silk headgear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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