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Swing time / a Radio Picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; a Pandro S. Berman production ; directed by George Stevens ; screen play by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott.
LIBRA DVD Judaica 285
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Gelsey, Erwin, 1900-1988, author.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Gamblers--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Gamblers.
- Dancers--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Dancers.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Swing (Dance).
- New York (State)--New York.
- Swing (Dance)--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Musicals.
- Romantic comedy films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Fred Astaire plays a gambler who has promised to go home and marry his fiancee when he makes $25,000. Romantic complications occur when he meets New York dancing teacher Ginger Rogers. Memorable songs include "The Way you look tonight."
- Participant:
- Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa.
- Credits:
- Story by Erwin Gelsey; photography, David Abel ; editor, Henry Berman ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; music, Jerome Kern ; lyrics, Dorothy Fields ; musical diretor, Nathaniel Shilkret ; dance director, Hermes Pan.
- Notes:
- Release of the 1936 motion picture.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.
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