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Swing Time is a 1936 American musical comedy film, the sixth of ten starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Directed by George Stevens for RKO, it features Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Betty Furness, Eric Blore and Georges Metaxa, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
- $886,000
Swing Time: Directed by George Stevens. With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick. Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand.
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- George Stevens
- Passed
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
Many of the Astaire-Rogers musicals involve Fred falling in love with Ginger at first sight, after which she backs cautiously away, only to be wooed in a series of dance numbers. When she has finally fallen in love, incredible plot contrivances make her think he's an adulterer, a philanderer, or engaged to somebody else.
Swing Time. In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie’s showstopping dance scenes ...
- John “Lucky” Garnett
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire are brilliant in Swing Time, one of the duo's most charming and wonderfully choreographed films. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Jun 26, 2007. TOP...
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- Fred Astaire
- George Stevens
- Musical, Comedy
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Jun 11, 2019 · Swing Time was the sixth pairing of Astaire and Rogers (out of a total ten, nine made at RKO between 1933 and 1939), and it manages at once to honor and subvert what was by this point a familiar formula: Fred meets Ginger, falls for her instantly, and woos her with dance.
Apr 9, 2024 · Swing Time, American musical comedy film, released in 1936, that was the fifth teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is considered by many to be their best collaborative effort. Lucky Garnett (played by Astaire) is a gambler and dancer who, after arriving late to his own wedding, finds.
