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Betty Furness, Eric Blore, Frank Jenks, Fred Astaire, Georges Metaxa
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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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)
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)
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.
to dance is to have rhythm, oh how i adore fred astaire, so impeccable flowless dancer . . .
Starring: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogets
Plot: A performer and gambler travels to New York City to r...( read more)
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)
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)
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
