Swing Time
In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art as a feckless gambler and the shrewd dancing instructor in whom he more than meets his match. Director George Stevens laces their romance with humor and clears the floor for the movie’s showstopping dance scenes, in which Astaire and Rogers take seemingly effortless flight in a virtuosic fusion of ballroom and tap styles. Buoyed by beloved songs by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern—including the Oscar-winning classic “The Way You Look Tonight”—Swing Time is an exuberant celebration of its stars’ chemistry, grace, and sheer joy in the act of performance.
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films
- Archival interviews with performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan
- New interview with George Stevens Jr.
- In Full Swing, a new program on the film’s choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer
- New interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the “Bojangles of Harlem” number
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Raphael Geroni
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 1986 featuring John Mueller, author of Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films
- Archival interviews with performers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and choreographer Hermes Pan
- New interview with George Stevens Jr.
- In Full Swing, a new program on the film’s choreography and soundtrack featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer
- New interview with film scholar Mia Mask on the “Bojangles of Harlem” number
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith
New cover by Raphael Geroni
Cast
- Fred Astaire
- John “Lucky” Garnett
- Ginger Rogers
- Penny Carrol
- Victor Moore
- Pop
- Helen Broderick
- Mabel Anderson
- Eric Blore
- Mr. Gordon
- Georges Metaxa
- Ricardo Romero
- Betty Furness
- Margaret Watson
Credits
- Director
- George Stevens
- Produced by
- Pandro S. Berman
- Music by
- Jerome Kern
- Lyrics by
- Dorothy Fields
- Screenplay by
- Howard Lindsay
- Screenplay by
- Allan Scott
- Musical director
- Nathaniel Shilkret
- Supervising art director
- Van Nest Polglase
- Silver Sandal set and Bojangles costumes by
- John Harkrider
- Director of photography
- David Abel
- Special effects by
- Vernon Walker
- Dance director
- Hermes Pan
- Gowns by
- Bernard Newman
- Additional music by
- Robert Russell Bennett
- Additional music by
- Hal Borne
A scene from Swing Time
