Betty Furness, Eric Blore, Frank Jenks

A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.

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Directed by: George Stevens

Release Date: January 1, 1936

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DVD Release Date: August 16, 2005

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  • October 30, 2009
    often considered the best of the astaire/rogers films, swing time deserves its acclaim. the musical numbers are perfectly spaced and the actors did their part to create a wonderful film with a charming story. rogers is beautiful in this film and astaire proves why he and kelly ...( read more)rival each other for the top spot among musical song and dance men. great film.
  • January 4, 2009
    Fred and Ginger at the top of their game. It's too long since I've seen Top Hat to state definitively whether I prefer it to Swing Time, but having just watched the latter for the very first time, I shall certainly be digging out my old VHS copy of the former to mak...( read more)e a proper comparison sometime soon. I've read one professional review which criticises the supporting cast of this movie, but I thought at least four of the supporting players (Victor Moore as Fred's friend, Helen Broderick as Ginger's, Georges Metaxa as Ginger's bandleader suitor and Eric Blore as her boss) were splendid, and very funny, too. Fred and Ginger's three routines are, as you would expect, wonderful. Of these, my favourite is the first, "Pick Yourself Up", which might not be the most dazzling but is easily the most fun; Ginger's generous flashes of leg in this routine are an added bonus! Other highlights include Fred's gloriously un-PC Bojangles of Harlem solo spot and his serenading of Ginger with the beautiful The Way You Look Tonight. A joy from start to finish!
  • September 10, 2009
    My second favorite Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire teaming. (Top Hat is my favorite, but not by much!) The film flawlessly blends music, comedy, drama and romance. The choreography is brilliant as well and the dancing. the stellar supporting cast does a fantastic job. A real classic.
  • September 7, 2009
    to dance is to have rhythm, oh how i adore fred astaire, so impeccable flowless dancer . . .
  • September 6, 2009
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    Starring: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogets
    Plot: A performer and gambler travels to New York City to r...( read more)aise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.

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  • August 30, 2009
    Would like to see this at some point.
  • August 7, 2009
    Fred Astaire plays a dancer who goes to New York to make $25,000.00 so that he can marry his fiancee. While in New York he meets up with an aspiring dancer and starts to fall for her.
    The plot is pretty simple but, you're not there for the plot. You're there for the dance scene...( read more)s and they are one take wonders. Man can Fred Astaire dance. And so can Ginger Rogers. Can't wait to see more of there team ups.
  • April 29, 2009
    The real treat here is watching the eye-popping Astaire and Rogers dancing throughout the film. Forget the story (although there is one somewhere in here), it's beyond expression when we see Astaire FLOAT across the floor in his velvety steps. Applause must go to Rogers for keepi...( read more)ng up with this obsessive talent.
  • February 8, 2009
    One of the cutest Fred and Ginger's! (viewed January 2009)
  • January 28, 2009
    a reasonable tale of man seeking fortune and finds it and the love of his life in a small poetic tale of love and prosperity

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  • reddragoneyes
    March 27, 2007
    It was a good movie. I didn't understand the ending, though

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  • ****AFTER A LONG STRING OF SUCCESSES THAT INCLUDED ‘TOP HAT’ AND ‘SWING TIME’, FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS MADE THEIR LAST FILM TOGETHER FOR RKO IN 1939. UNLIKE THEIR OTHER RKO FILMS, THIS ONE WAS BASED ON A TRUE STORY. WHAT WAS THE TITLE OF THIS FILM****  Answer »

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