Edition |
Full screen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (104 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
A videodisc release of the 1936 motion picture. |
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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. |
Credits |
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. |
Cast |
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. |
Summary |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA Rating: Not rated. |
System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital. |
Language |
English dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Revues.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Stevens, George, 1904-1975.
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Astaire, Fred.
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Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995.
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Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968.
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Scott, Allen (Dale Allen), 1960-
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Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996.
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Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
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Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974.
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RKO Radio Pictures.
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ISBN |
078063988X |
Standard No. |
053939657128 |
Music No. |
T6571 Warner Home Video |
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