Swing Time
A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(259 votes)
Overview
Lucky 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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $2.6M worldwide, about 2.9 times its $886K budget
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Setting
Set in New York City
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Music
Music by Jerome Kern
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Cinematography
Cinematography by David Abel
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Allan ScottScreenplay
- Howard LindsayScreenplay
- Erwin S. GelseyStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 28, 1936
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $886K
- Revenue
- $2.6M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Fred AstaireLucky Garnett
Ginger RogersPenny Carrol
Victor MoorePop Cardetti
Helen BroderickMabel Anderson
Eric BloreGordon
Betty FurnessMargaret Watson
Georges MetaxaRicky Romero
Landers StevensJudge Watson (uncredited)
Jack GoodeDancer (uncredited)
Gerald HamerEric Lacanistram (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing(uncredited)
Fern Emmett(uncredited)
Olin Francis(uncredited)
John Harrington(uncredited)
Howard Hickman(uncredited)
Frank Jenks(uncredited)
Frank Mills(uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier(uncredited)- Abe ReynoldsSchmidt the tailor (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin(uncredited)
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