

Swing Time
A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $886K
- Box office
- $2.6M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- dancing
- musical
- ballroom dancing
- singing
- black and white
- gambler
- based on short story
- dance instructor
- dance act
- back stage
- jilted woman
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNRNew York City, New York27 Aug 1936
- Theatrical28 Aug 1936
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalAL28 Aug 1936
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL12 Oct 1936
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 Sept 1937
ItalyIT
- Theatrical24 Feb 1938
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Swing Time was released on 28 August 1936.
Audience reviews
1- J9/10
John Chard
8/12/2019
Fine duo, fine romance, really really fine film. Gambler and dancer John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) is engaged to Margaret Watson, being of a care free mind, and not a little gullible, John is hopelessly late for the wedding. Margaret's father is furious and demands that John go out into the real world and earn $25,000 to prove he has enough wits about him to do credit to the impending marriage. John and his …
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