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Ein Walzer aus Amerika

Original title: Swing Time
  • 1936
  • 0
  • 1h 43m
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7.5/10
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
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ComedyMusicalRomance

Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Luck... Read allRoguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.

  • Director
    • George Stevens
  • Writers
    • Howard Lindsay
    • Allan Scott
    • Erwin Gelsey
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Victor Moore
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Stevens
    • Writers
      • Howard Lindsay
      • Allan Scott
      • Erwin Gelsey
    • Stars
      • Fred Astaire
      • Ginger Rogers
      • Victor Moore
    • 118User reviews
    • 73Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
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    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)
    Ginger Rogers in Ein Walzer aus Amerika (1936)

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Lucky Garnett
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Penny Carroll
    Victor Moore
    Victor Moore
    • Pop Cardetti
    Helen Broderick
    Helen Broderick
    • Mabel Anderson
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Gordon
    Betty Furness
    Betty Furness
    • Margaret Watson
    Georges Metaxa
    Georges Metaxa
    • Ricky Romero
    William Bailey
    William Bailey
    • Roulette Player
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Bernard
    Harry Bernard
    • Second Stagehand
    • (uncredited)
    William A. Boardway
    William A. Boardway
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Bowen
    Harry Bowen
    • First Stagehand
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Brande
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Dancer in 'The Way You Look Tonight' Number
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Byrd
    Ralph Byrd
    • Hotel Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Chefe
    • Nightclub Diner
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Cichy
    Martin Cichy
    • Undetermined Role
    • (uncredited)
    Thomas A. Curran
    • Man in New York Street
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • Undetermined Secondary Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Stevens
    • Writers
      • Howard Lindsay
      • Allan Scott
      • Erwin Gelsey
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    • Trivia
      The climax of "Never Gonna Dance" took 47 takes in a single day and required many demanding spins of Ginger Rogers; her feet bled.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Penelope "Penny" Carrol: Listen. No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!

    • Connections
      Edited into Seven Days' Leave (1942)
    • Soundtracks
      Pick Yourself Up
      (1936) (uncredited)

      Lyrics by Dorothy Fields

      Music by Jerome Kern

      Sung and Danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

      Danced by Victor Moore and Helen Broderick

      Played in the score often

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    8/10
    "No one could teach you to dance in a million years"
    'Swing Time (1936)' is typically held as one of the finest Fred Astaire and Gingers Rogers musicals, of which nine were made between 1933 and 1939 {' The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)' would follow a decade later}. Directed by George Stevens, the film abandons the often-silly mistaken identity subplots of previous films, and presents a more credible love story, supplemented by some of the most remarkable dance numbers I've yet had of enjoyment of seeing. Replete with the usual stock of enjoyable comedic actors, 'Swing Time' is a professionally-produced film, and Astaire and Rogers, as always, bounce off one another exceedingly well. Though the storyline isn't quite as entertaining as in 'Top Hat (1935)' or 'Shall We Dance (1937),' the picture relies purely on its terrific dance routines to elevate it to such a high status. Jerome Kern provided the film's music, and Dorothy Fields wrote the lyrics, including the Oscar-winning song, "The Way You Look Tonight."

    John "Lucky" Garnett (Astaire) loves home-town sweetheart, Margaret (Betty Furness), and wants to marry her… or, at least, he thought he did. After the master-gambler moves to New York City to acquire a $25,000 dowry for the wedding, he comes upon beautiful dance instructor Penny Carroll (Rogers), immediately recognising that she is the woman for him. Wasting no time to consider the logic of his actions, Lucky signs up for dancing lessons, and his incredible "progress" leads the pair towards considerable success. A promising romance begins to bloom, but Lucky cannot bear to tell Penny that he's already engaged to marry another woman; at the same time, he deliberately resists achieving success in his gambling activities, lest he win enough money to return home to Margaret. Pop Cardetti (Victor Moore) and Mabel Anderson (Helen Broderick), knowing members of an older generation, stand around to witness the pair's irregular romance, and form a close friendship of their own, though everything is thrown into turmoil when sleazy musician Ricky Romero (Georges Metaxa) attempts to coax Penny from Lucky's grasp.

    The absence of Edward Everett Horton unfortunately detracts from the effectiveness of the film's comedy, though Victor Moore provides an amusing substitute; his tone and mannerisms are so ridiculously adorable that he could accurately be described as a real-life Elmer Fudd. Jerome Kern's musical numbers vary from lighthearted tap dance numbers ("Pick Yourself Up") to sarcastic quicksteps ("A Fine Romance") to a virtuoso, emotion-filled ballroom routine ("Never Gonna Dance"), perhaps the most stirring performance that Astaire and Rogers ever did. There's a certain indescribable desperation to the way in which the two dancers leap and twirl across the dance floor, their movements escalating almost imperceptibly from an idle walk, and Rogers' long dress twists and turns in the air behind her. In Astaire's continual search for creative perfection, his routines were filmed, wherever possible, in a single take, and this particular number was attempted no less than forty-seven times. Also notable is Astaire's frenetic tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, performing in black-face against three tall synchronised shadows on the wall behind him.
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    • Release date
      • October 12, 1936 (Brazil)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Swing Time
    • Filming locations
      • La Grande Station, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(exteriors and interiors of the train station)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $886,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,379
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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