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Movie
Swing Time
Synopsis
The 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 responsible enough to earn $25,000. Astaire naturally tries to avoid earning that amount once he falls in love with dance instructor Ginger Rogers. Numerous complications ensue, leading to the "second time's the charm" climax, with Ginger escaping her own wedding to wealthy Georges Metaxa in order to be reunited with Astaire. The film's most indelible image is that of Fred Astaire, immaculately attired in top hat and tails, hopping a freight car--a perfect encapsulation of the film's Depression-era cheekiness. The Jerome Kern-Dorothy Fields score includes such standards-to-be as "Pick Yourself Up," "A Fine Romance," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Never Gonna Dance" and "Bojangles of Harlem." The peerless supporting cast of Swing Time includes Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Eric Blore, and Landers Stevens, the actor-father of the film's director, George Stevens.
Cast
- Fred Astaire
- Ginger Rogers
- Victor Moore
- Helen Broderick
- Eric Blore
- Betty Furness
- George Metaxa
- Landers Stevens
- John Harrington
- Pierre Watkin
- Abe Reynolds
- Gerald Hamer
- Edgar Dearing
- Harry Bowen
- Harry Bernard
- Donald Kerr
- Jack Good
- Ted O'Shea
- Frank Edmunds
- Bill Brand
- Frank Jenks
- Ralph Byrd
- Charles D. Hall
- Jean Perry
- Olin Francis
- Floyd Shackelford
- Floyd Schackleford
- Joey Ray
- Jack Rice
- Ralph Brooks
- Howard Hickman
- Ferdinand Munier
- Fern Emmett
- Frank Mills
- Bess Flowers
- Dale Van Sickel
- Blanca Vischer
- Sailor Vincent
- Dennis O'Keefe
- Baby Marie Osborne
- Georges Metaxa
- Carroll Clark
- Bernard Newman
- Henry Berman
- John Harkrider
- Vernon Walker
- Van Nest Polglase
- Nathaniel Shilkret
- Allan Scott
- David Abel
- Vernon L. Walker
- Hermes Pan
- Mel Burns
- Dave Abel
- Darrell Silvera
- Howard Lindsay