Swing Time (1936)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

George Stevens

Escritores:

Howard Lindsay (screenplay) and
Allan Scott (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 octubre 1936 (Brazil)

Género:

Comedia | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

Plot:

A performer and gambler travels to New York City to raise the $25,000 he needs to marry his fiancée, only to become entangled with a beautiful aspiring dancer.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Gambler | Dancer | Vending Machine | Tailor

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Fine Romance!

Reparto

Fred Astaire	...	Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers	...	Penny Carroll
Victor Moore	...	Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick	...	Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore	...	Gordon
Betty Furness	...	Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa	...	Ricky Romero

También conocida como:

I Won't Dance (USA) (working title)
Never Gonna Dance (USA) (working title)
En alas de la danza (Spain) [es]

Duración:

103 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:Todo | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #2273)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivialidades:

In "The Way You Look Tonight", Ginger Rogers is seen to be washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: During the shadow dance, the shadow behind Lucky is visible through him.

Citas:

Penelope "Penny" Carrol: Listen. No one could teach you to dance in a million years. Take my advice and save your money!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Tokyo rapusodei (1936)

Banda de Sonido:

The Way You Look Tonight

A Fine Romance!

If you only watch one Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers musical this should be the one. There has long been a debate over which film is their best: Swing Time or Top Hat. In my opinion, Swing Time definitely takes this honor, number two being Top Hat, followed by The Gay Divorcée. All of their films together are excellent, but Swing Time is set apart because it takes a much more realistic look at love and life. This film handles the love affair between Astaire and Rogers' characters in a way that none of the other films did. The romance is touching, sweet, charming - and believable!

The songs are amazing, including "Pick Yourself Up", "The Waltz In Swing Time", "A Fine Romance", "Never Gonna Dance", and "The Way You Look Tonight", which is the greatest love song ever written. The scene where Astaire sings this to Rogers is not to be missed. His reaction to her touch - in this scene, as well as in the "Fine Romance" scene - is priceless. Watch for another not-to-be-missed moment, also in the "Fine Romance" scene, as Rogers uses every feminine trick in the book to try to get Astaire to respond.

Although this goes without saying, the dancing in "Swing Time" is superb. I hardly know words that are sufficient to describe the beauty that is the bittersweet dance number "Never Gonna Dance". The emotion in this scene is phenomenal. It is absolutely exquisite. If Fred & Ginger had, indeed, never danced - before or after - to any other number, this alone would have made them famous. It is the most beautiful dance ever recorded in motion picture history. Every time I re-watch this film, I'm always caught off guard by the sheer beauty of this one scene. For this reason alone, "Swing Time" is definitely a "must see" film.