| Title |
Swing time / Radio Pictures ; a Pandro S. Berman production ; screenplay by Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott ; directed by George Stevens. |
| OCLC |
77709893 |
| Publisher |
Burbank, Ca. : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Turner Home Entertainment Co., [2006] |
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©2006 |
| Description |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Swing (Dance) -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
DVD, region 1, standard version; Dolby Digital, mono. |
| Cast |
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore, Betty Furness, Georges Metaxa. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Photography, David Abel ; editor, Henry Berman ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; music, Jerome Kern ; lyrics, Dorothy Fields ; musical diretor, Nathaniel Shilkret. |
| Target audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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". |
| Language note |
In English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| General note |
From a story by Erwin Gelsey. |
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DVD 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 by step"; musical short "Hotel a la Swing"; classic cartoon "Bingo Crosbyana"; theatrical trailer. |
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In honor and in celebration of the life of Judy Lippman |
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