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Swing Time (1936)
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A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer. Director:George Stevens |
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| Fred Astaire | ... | ||
| Ginger Rogers | ... | ||
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Victor Moore | ... | |
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Helen Broderick | ... | |
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Eric Blore | ... | |
| Betty Furness | ... | ||
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Georges Metaxa | ... | |
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Storyline
Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run into Penny, a dancing instructor. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted (till the end of the film at least!) by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricardo, the band leader who won't play for them to dance together. Written by Sebastian Gibbs <sjg94@aber.ac.uk>
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A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter! See more »Parents Guide:
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(Brazil) See more »Also Known As:
Dansen går See more »Box Office
Budget:
$886,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What is?
Mabel Anderson: The music.
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What music?
Mabel Anderson: The music they're playing.
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: Oh, yeah.
[pause]
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What made you think of it?
Mabel Anderson: Think of what?
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: The music.
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(1936) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Music by Jerome Kern
Constructed and Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Sung offscreen by an unidentified Chorus during the opening credits
Later Danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers See more »
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The film originally began with a musical number, "It's Not in the Cards," which was cut due the film's length and because the number was judged as not very good. Only a bit remains in the final version. The music is also used in the background during the first few scenes. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene at the New Amsterdam, when Lucky first gets out of the car, there is a large white mark on the seat of his coat. This is possibly because no-one brushed off his coat after a previous take of the same scene, in which he sits down on a "snow" covered bench. See more »Quotes
Mabel Anderson: Beautiful, isn't it?Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What is?
Mabel Anderson: The music.
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What music?
Mabel Anderson: The music they're playing.
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: Oh, yeah.
[pause]
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: What made you think of it?
Mabel Anderson: Think of what?
Everett 'Pop' Cardetti: The music.
[...]
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Connections
Featured in "Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood: Peepshow Pioneers (#1.1)" (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"Waltz in Swing Time"(1936) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Music by Jerome Kern
Constructed and Arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
Sung offscreen by an unidentified Chorus during the opening credits
Later Danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers See more »
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