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starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Bloredirected by: George Stevens
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304119129
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6304119127
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: August 13, 1996
Running Time: 103 minutes
Sales Rank: 4463
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 1936
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If you only had one Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film to watch, this classic musical from 1936 would be your best bet. It was the dance duo's sixth film together, and director George Stevens handled the material with as much flair behind the camera as Fred and Ginger displayed in front of it. This time out, Fred plays a gambling hoofer who's engaged to marry a young socialite (Betty Furness), but when he's late for the wedding his prospective father-in-law sends him away, demanding that he earn $25,000 before he can earn his daughter's hand in marriage. When Fred meets Ginger in a local dance studio (where he pretends to be a klutz so she can be his instructor), he's instantly smitten and the $25,000 deal becomes a moot point. Featuring six songs by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields (including a splendid rendition of 'The Way You Look Tonight') and some of the most elegant dance sequences ever filmed, this lightweight fluff epitomizes the jazz-age style of 1930s musicals, virtually defining the genre with graceful joie de vivre. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - SWING TIME
ES UNA ALEGRIA PARA LOS OJOS Y LOS OIDOS LA MUSICA LA DANZA ES FACINANTE..GRACIAS
Rating:  - Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off, and Watch This Over Again!!!
I get chills when watching SWING TIME, the sixth of ten Astaire/Rogers collaborations. In Between "The Barkley's Of Broadway" and "CareFree" (my personal favorites, this ranks #2. Then again, TOP HAT and SHALL WE DANCE barely missed my top 3.
The reasons why I love SWING TIME so much is the perfect blend of plot (save the ending, where Georges Mexata, playing Ricardo Romero, concedes his affection for Ginger Rogers way too easily. Didn't know slacks made that much of a difference.), ... Read More
Rating: - Astaire/Rogers - maybe their best film and the best DVD package
"Swing Time", the 6th of the Astaire/Rogers films, is often considered their best. In this one, the farce has been replaced with a straight musical romance and the film is accordingly richer. Here are some of the highlights:
- a much more 3 dimensional performance from Rogers whose makeup has been simplified and looks much better. She really benefits from the thoughtful direction of George Stevens, with whom she became romantically involved at the time.
- unusual and interesting ... Read More
Rating: - Not to be carried away, but this is one of the best musicals Hollywood has ever produced
"Listen," says exasperated dance teacher Penny Carroll to her two-left feet customer, Lucky Garnett, "No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!"
We can't help smiling because Penny is played by Ginger Rogers, and the clumsy Lucky, who saw Penny on the street and was smitten, then finagled his way to the dance studio to meet her, is Fred Astaire. But Penny's boss overhears her comment and fires her on the spot. Lucky comes to the rescue. "Now, ... Read More
Rating: - Silly to Sublime -- Or Swinging-- in Seconds
Okay, let's make one thing clear: the ten movies Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made, for RKO Radio Pictures, as it was then called, all have silly plots, and "Swing Time" is no exception. But they are what they are, and all there is.
"Swing Time's" plot, if you can call it that, as cobbled together by Astaire's frequent writer/collaborators, Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott, revolves around cuffs on striped pants. But, as produced by Pandro S. Berman, who threw enough money at the screen ... Read More
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