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Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiancée back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The way you look tonight."

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Swing time (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: RKO Radio Pictures, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Stevens, George, 1904-1975, Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968, Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, Astaire, Fred, Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, Moore, Victor, 1876-1962, Broderick, Helen, 1891-1959, Blore, Eric, 1887-1959, Metaxa, Georges, 1899-1950, Furness, Betty, 1916-1994, Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Edition:Standard version.
Subjects:
Musical films.
Swing (Dance) > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Danza > Teatro.
Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro.
Comedy films.
Romance > Feature > Videodisc.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Motion pictures, American.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiancée back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The way you look tonight."
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
Dual-layer format.
Special features: Commentary by John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing -- New featurette "The swing of things : swing time step by step" -- Musical short "Hotel a la swing" -- Classic cartoon "Bingo Crosbyana" -- Theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields ; from a story by Erwin Gelsey ; musical director, Nathaniel Shilkret ; photographed by David Abel ; edited by Henry Berman.
ISBN:078063988X