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Swing Time is a 1936 American black-and-white musical romantic comedy film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by George Stevens and produced by Pandro S. Berman, the screenplay was written by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, and Eric Blore. Jerome Kern composed the music, with choreography by Hermes Pan and production design by Van Nest Polglase.
The narrative is set in New York City. The film has a runtime of 103 minutes and was released on August 28, 1936. It was distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix, including via video on demand. Swing Time is part of the National Film Registry and has been assessed under the Bechdel test.
Critical reception includes a review score of 8.8 out of 10 and 93 percent. The film has a budget of 886,000 and generated revenue of 2,600,000. Keywords associated with the work include dancing, musical, ballroom dancing, and singing.
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6.8Lucky 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.
Cast
- Fred Astaire as Lucky Garnett
- Ginger Rogers as Penny Carrol
- Victor Moore as Pop Cardetti
- Helen Broderick as Mabel Anderson
- Eric Blore as Gordon
- Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
Themes
- new york city
- dancing
- musical
- ballroom dancing
- singing
- black and white
- gambler
- based on short story
- dance instructor
- dance act
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- George Stevens
- Screenwriter
- Allan Scott
- Cast member
- Pierre Watkin
- Composer
- Jerome Kern
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- David Abel
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 367402
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Swing Time (1936 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- title
- Swing Time
- choreographer
- Hermes Pan
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- Commons category
- Swing Time
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
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