Swing Time (RKO) is a 1936 Hollywood musical comedy film set mainly in New York and stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Eric Blore and Georges Metaxa, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The film was directed by George Stevens.
Swing Time is considered by Croce, Mueller and Hyam to be Astaire and Rogers' best dance musical, featuring four dance routines that are each regarded as masterpieces of their kind. "Never Gonna Dance" is often singled out as the partnership's and collaborator Hermes Pan's most profound achievement in filmed dance, while "The Way You Look Tonight" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and went on to become Astaire's most successful hit record, scoring first place in the U.S. charts in 1936. Kern's score, the second of three he composed specially for Astaire, contains three of his most memorable songs.
Posted by Wintermute 2 at May 19, 2010 06:32 PMnow, that's more like it! Where's my budweiser and cable box?
Posted by: Flatulus Terribulus at May 19, 2010 07:01 PMAccording to Fred Astaire, his best partner was Eleanor Powell. She wasn't much of an actress (in contrast to Ginger Rogers), but, boy, could she dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTN-NPtNOHU&feature=related
Interesting tip, I thought he preferred Rita Hayworth. Rita sure could cut the rug.
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