Swing time

United States, 1936

Film
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Swing time was the sixth film made by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers together. The story is slight, but quite delightful, bringing Fred and Ginger together, then keeping them apart until the last time we hear “A fine romance”. Astaire plays a dancer out of work, and Rogers is a dancing teacher - he pretends that he cannot dance so that he may be taught by Rogers.

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Credits

director

George Stevens

producer

Pandro S. Berman

production company

RKO Radio Pictures

Duration

01:43:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1936

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302212

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Musicals

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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