Swing time [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures presents ; directed by George Stevens ; screen play by Howard Lindsay and Allen Scott ; a Pandro S. Berman production.

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, CA : distributed by Warber Home Video, 2005, c1936.Description: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

078063988X
9780780639881

Uniform titles:

Swing time (Motion picture)

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DDC classification:

791.4372 22

LOC classification:

CM DVD 00625

Production 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
DVD	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso)	CM DVD 00625 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000035380

A videodisc release of the 1936 motion picture.

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.

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.

Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore.

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.

DVD; Dolby Digital.

English language track with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

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