Stevens, George Cooper 1904-1975 Astaire, Fred. Rogers, Ginger 1911- Lindsay, Howard 1889-1968 Scott, Allen. Berman, Pandro S. 1905- Kern, Jerome 1885-1945 Fields, Dorothy 1905-1974 RKO Radio Pictures, inc moving image videorecording cau Burbank, CA distributed by Warber Home Video 2005, c1936 2005 monographic eng fre spa

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1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. Fred Astaire plays a gambler intent on raising $25,000 in New York in order to marry his fiance back home. Romantic complications occur when he meets dancing teacher, Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight" which won an Academy Award. Swing time, the fifth in the series of Astaire-Rogers musicals, is one of the best, due to the Jerome Kern score, the dramatic dance sequences and beautiful art direction. general RKO Radio Pictures presents ; directed by George Stevens ; screen play by Howard Lindsay and Allen Scott ; a Pandro S. Berman production. A videodisc release of the 1936 motion picture. 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. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. Photographed by David Abel ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; edited by Henry Berman ; music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields ; musical director, Nathaniel Shilkret. DVD; Dolby Digital. English language track with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Feature films Musical films Revues CM DVD 00625 791.4372 078063988X 9780780639881 053939657128 JRY 050811 20230410123831.0 38805