Swing Time

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film musical film romantic comedy film

Swing Time is a classic 1936 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, renowned for its innovative dance sequences and Jerome Kern–Dorothy Fields score.

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Waltz in Swing Time dance number 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
artDirectionBy Carroll Clark ⓘ
Van Nest Polglase ⓘ
cinematographyBy David Abel ⓘ
costumeDesigner Bernard Newman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Stevens ⓘ
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Henry Berman ⓘ
featuresDanceSequence Never Gonna Dance finale ⓘ
Pick Yourself Up dance number ⓘ
Swing Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Waltz in Swing Time dance number
featuresSong A Fine Romance ⓘ
Never Gonna Dance ⓘ
Pick Yourself Up ⓘ
The Way You Look Tonight ⓘ
Waltz in Swing Time ⓘ
genre musical ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
includedInList AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs ⓘ
surface form: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals
leadCharacter John "Lucky" Garnett ⓘ
Penelope "Penny" Carroll ⓘ
lyricsBy Dorothy Fields ⓘ
musicBy Jerome Kern ⓘ
notableFor Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields score ⓘ
innovative dance sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals ⓘ
portraysCharacter Betty Furness as Margaret Watson ⓘ
Eric Blore as Gordon ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
surface form: Fred Astaire as John "Lucky" Garnett

Ginger Rogers ⓘ
surface form: Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll

Helen Broderick as Mabel Anderson ⓘ
Victor Moore as Pop Cardetti ⓘ
producer Pandro S. Berman ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1936-08-27 ⓘ
releaseYear 1936 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Allan Scott ⓘ
Howard Lindsay ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
songWonAward The Way You Look Tonight – Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
starring Betty Furness ⓘ
Eric Blore ⓘ
Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
Helen Broderick ⓘ
Victor Moore ⓘ
storyBy Erwin Gelsey ⓘ
title Swing Time self-link ⓘ

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Swing Time → featuresDanceSequence → Swing Time self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waltz in Swing Time dance number
Follow the Fleet → followedBy → Swing Time ⓘ
Shall We Dance → follows → Swing Time ⓘ
Fred Astaire → notableWork → Swing Time ⓘ
Frederick Austerlitz → notableWork → Swing Time ⓘ
Frederick → notableWork → Swing Time ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
Ginger Rogers → notableWork → Swing Time ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures → produced → Swing Time ⓘ
Swing Time → title → Swing Time self-link ⓘ