Another winner for the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers combo. It's smart, modern, and impressive in every respect, from its boy-loses-girl background to its tunefulness, dancipation, production quality and general high standards.
Swing Time
A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!
1936 · 1h 43m · Not Rated
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
George Stevens
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Swing Time
Overview
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
Director and cast
- George Stevens Director
- Fred Astaire as John "Lucky" Garnett
- Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carrol
- Victor Moore as Pop Cardetti
- Helen Broderick as Mabel Anderson
- Eric Blore as Gordon
- Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
- Georges Metaxa as Ricky Romero
- Dennis O'Keefe as Dance Extra in 'The Way You Look Tonight' Number (uncredited)
- Landers Stevens Cast
- Jack Goode Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
One of the best of the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and one that shouldn't have worked as well as it did.
The score by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields is peerless.
Nothing so intangible as a disappointing musical score should deter you from enjoying them to the Astaire-Rogers limit.
Of all of the places the movies have created, one of the most magical and enduring is the universe of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
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