Swing Time (1936) |
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Swing Time Cast |
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Fred Astaire
(as 'Lucky' Garnett)
with Ginger Rogers
(as Penny Carroll)
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Other InformationAwardsOutstanding Classic DVD Satellite Awards [2005] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) National Film Registry National Film Preservation Board, USA [2004] Best Dance Direction Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) Best Music, Original Song Academy Awards [1937] (Won/Nominated: Won) Plot SummaryThe sixth of RKO`s Fred Astaire -Ginger Rogers pairings of the 1930s, Swing Time starts off with bandleader Astaire getting cold feet on his wedding day. Astaire`s bride-to-be Betty Furness will give him a second chance, providing he proves himself r... TaglineAmerica`s dazzling dancing stars explode in a glorious songburst of gayety and gladness! A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter! DiscographySinglesBojangles of Harlem Never Gonna Dance A Fine Romance Pick Yourself Up The Way You Look Tonight Waltz in Swing Time |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Mabel Anderson: I used to go there in the summer as a kid. You know, before the war.
Everett `Pop` Cardetti: Which war? Everett `Pop` Cardetti: Lucky, please don`t feel bad. You still got me. Course I ain`t a young and pretty girl. I ain`t even a girl, but I`ll stick. I`ll never leave you. John "Lucky" Garnett: Now, eh... how did you say that last step went? Eh... oh, yes! Mabel Anderson: I used to go there in the summer as a kid. You know, before the war.
Everett `Pop` Cardetti: Which war? Mabel Anderson: [Mable thinks she`s talking to Pop and turns to a young lady sitting at one of the tables] Oh, listen girlie! Don`t worry about me. I always talk to myself... you see, I`m my own grandmother and I have to keep the old girl interested! Penelope "Penny" Carrol: Listen. No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!Trivia In "The Way You Look Tonight", Ginger Rogers is seen to be washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream. In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #90 Greatest Movie of All Time. It was the first inclusion of this film on the list. The climax of "Never Gonna Dance" took 47 takes in a single day and required many demanding spins of Ginger Rogers; her feet bled. 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. The shadow dance idea for "Bojangles of Harlem" occurred to choreographer Hermes Pan and Fred Astaire during rehearsals, when three different light sources illuminating Astaire produced three shadows. This was Ginger Rogers` favorite of her films with Fred Astaire. `Fred Astaire` always insisted that his dance routines be filmed in one continuous camera shot, showing the dancer(s) from head to foot. However, in the "Never Gonna Dance" number, there is an obvious moment when `Astaire and Rogers` reach the tops of their respective winding staircases that the camera shot changes quickly to reflect the fact that the filming camera had to be brought upstairs to shoot the close-up finale of the dance number. | ||
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