Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Is it worth your time? If you like movies where people just break into perfect, effortless choreography because they’re feeling a bit moody, you’ll love Swing Time. If you need a movie that isn't essentially a series of excuses to get Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a room together, you might find the plot a bit thin...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
George Stevens
F. Martin Thornton
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"Is it worth your time? If you like movies where people just break into perfect, effortless choreography because they’re feeling a bit moody, you’ll love Swing Time. If you need a movie that isn't essentially a series of excuses to get Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in a room together, you might find the plot a bit thin. It’s light. Like, floating-in-a-dream-on-a-cloud light. Fred Astaire plays 'Lucky' Garnett, and he’s exactly the kind of guy who loses his life savings at a craps table and then..."
Rian James, Anthony Veiller, Dorothy Yost, Allan Scott, Howard Lindsay, Erwin Gelsey, Ben Holmes
United States
Musical, Comedy, Romance
