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Title

  • Swing time

Summary

  • Lucky Garnett, a featured troupe dancer and professional gambler, falls in love with Penny Carrol, a dance school instructor. Their attempts to audition as a dance team are hampered by the jealousy of band leader Ricky Romero who is in love with Penny. Their romance is hampered by Lucky's engagement to a girl back home. In the end all the problems are sorted out and the lovers are reunited.

Names

  • Stevens, George, 1904-1975, direction.
  • Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996, production.
  • Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968, writing.
  • Scott, Allan, 1906-1995, writing.
  • Astaire, Fred, cast.
  • Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995, cast.
  • Moore, Victor, 1876-1962, cast.
  • LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)
  • AFI/RKO Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : RKO, 1936 ; United States : Image Entertainment, [1992]

Headings

  • -  Love--Drama
  • -  Courtship--Drama
  • -  Dancers--Drama
  • -  Ballroom dancing--Drama
  • -  Gamblers--Drama
  • -  Gambling--Drama

Genre

  • Features
  • Musicals
  • Comedies
  • Videodiscs

Notes

  • -  LP6624 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 27Sep36; LP6624.
  • -  Copyright notices on videodisc jacket: Image Entertainment, Inc. ; 1992 (for package design and summary) [and] Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ; 1992 (for artwork).
  • -  Story, Erwin Gelsey ; music director and conductor, Nathaniel Shilkret ; music by Jerome Kern ; lyrics by Dorothy Fields ; dance director, Hermes Pan ; art director, Van Nest Polglase ; associate art director, Carroll Clark ; editor, Henry Berman.
  • -  Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore.
  • -  Videodisc is reissue copy; reissue date from copyright date on videodisc jacket.
  • -  Reference print is a television print.
  • -  Series title refers to videodisc only.
  • -  Parts of summary from the AFI catalog, feature films, 1931-1940.
  • -  NCN008088; Swing time.
  • -  On videodisc jacket: ID8560TU.
  • -  LC also holds a Criterion collection videodisc version with added material.
  • -  Sources used: videodisc jacket; AFI catalog, feature films, 1931-1940; M/B/RS Descriptiions files; Maltin's TV movies and video guide, 1987 ed., p. 952.
  • -  Received: 9/24/94; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 9/3/74 from Guffanti lab; ref print; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
  • -  Received: 4/14/72; dupe neg; deposit; AFI/RKO Collection.
  • -  Received: 8/31/78; neg track; deposit; AFI/RKO Collection.
  • -  Received: 4/16/75; dbl edge pos track; deposit; AFI/RKO Collection.
  • -  Not viewed. Updated by qu22.

Medium

  • 1 videodisc of 1 (laser) (ca. 103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 12 in. viewing copy.
  • 12 reels of 12 on 3 (ca. 3716 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.
  • 12 reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 9270 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
  • 12 reels of 12 (ca. 9270 ft.) : sd. ; 35 mm. neg track.
  • 12 reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 9270 ft.) : sd. ; 35 mm. dbl edge pos track.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DAA 2415 (viewing copy)
  • FCA 7217-7219 (ref print)
  • FPA 4197-4202 (dupe neg)
  • FPE 7026-7037 (neg track)
  • FPD 2083-2088 (dbl edge pos track)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96511989

Online Format

  • web page
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Lindsay, Howard, Writing, Allan Scott, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Lc Purchase Collection, and Afi/Rko Collection. Swing Time. directeds by Stevens, George, Ection, produceds by Berman, Pandro S., Uction [United States: RKO, ; United States: Image Entertainment, 1992, 1992] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/96511989/.

APA citation style:

Lindsay, H., Scott, A., Astaire, F., Rogers, G., Moore, V., Lc Purchase Collection & Afi/Rko Collection. (1992) Swing Time. Stevens, G., dir, Berman, P. S., prod [United States: RKO, ; United States: Image Entertainment, 1992] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96511989/.

MLA citation style:

Lindsay, Howard, Writing, et al. Swing Time. dir by Stevens, George, Ection, prod by Berman, Pandro S., Uction [United States: RKO, ; United States: Image Entertainment, 1992, 1992] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96511989/>.