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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.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Gelsey, Erwin, 1900-1988, author.
Contributor:
Stevens, George, 1904-1975, director.
Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, producer.
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968, screenwriter.
Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, screenwriter.
Astaire, Fred, actor.
Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, actor.
Moore, Victor, 1876-1962, actor.
Broderick, Helen, 1891-1959, actor.
Blore, Eric, 1887-1959, actor.
Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974, lyricist.
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, composer.
RKO Radio Pictures, producer.
Turner Entertainment Co., producer.
Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)
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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