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Swing Time

A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

1936 · 1h 43m · Not Rated Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by George Stevens

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Overview

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding again and has to make $25,000 so her father allows him to marry Margaret. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky Romero.

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97%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Another winner for the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers combo. It's smart, modern, and impressive in every respect, from its boy-loses-girl background to its tunefulness, dancipation, production quality and general high standards.

Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh

One of the best of the Astaire-Rogers musicals, and one that shouldn't have worked as well as it did.

Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The score by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields is peerless.

Stephen Garrett, Time Out
Fresh

Nothing so intangible as a disappointing musical score should deter you from enjoying them to the Astaire-Rogers limit.

Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
Fresh

Of all of the places the movies have created, one of the most magical and enduring is the universe of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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