Swing Time

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Swing Time (1936)

NR 08/27/1936 (US) Music, Romance, Comedy 1h 43m

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A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

Overview

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding again and has to make $25,000 so her father allows him to marry Margaret. 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 Romero.

George Stevens

Director
Allan Scott

Screenplay
Howard Lindsay

Screenplay
Erwin S. Gelsey

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Fred Astaire

Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers

Penny Carrol
Victor Moore

Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick

Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore

Gordon
Betty Furness

Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa

Ricky Romero
Landers Stevens

Judge Watson (uncredited)
Jack Goode

Dancer (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

90%

Written by John Chard on August 12, 2019

Fine duo, fine romance, really really fine film.

Gambler and dancer John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) is engaged to Margaret Watson, being of a care free mind, and not a little gullible, John is hopelessly late for the wedding. Margaret's father is furious and demands that John go out into the real world and earn $25,000 to prove he has enough wits about him to do credit to the impending marriage. John and his trusty sidekick Pop Cardetti hit New York City, pretty soon John meets Penny Carroll (Ginger Rogers, after a less than favourable earlier meeting) at a dance school. After the initi... read the rest.

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