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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.
Released: 1936-08-28103 minDir: George StevensRomance, ComedyBudget: $886,000Box office: $2.6M
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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- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 367402
- Image
- Swing Time (1936 poster).jpg
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- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- title
- Swing Time
- Commons category
- Swing Time
- review score
- 93%
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1930s dance films1936 American films1936 English-language films1936 films1936 musical comedy films1936 romantic comedy filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican dance filmsAmerican musical comedy filmsBlackface minstrel shows and filmsEnglish-language musical comedy filmsFilms adapted into playsFilms directed by George StevensFilms produced by Pandro S. BermanFilms set in New York CityFilms that won the Best Original Song Academy AwardRKO Pictures filmsRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataTemplate film date with 2 release datesUnited States National Film Registry filmsWorks by Jerome Kern