90. Swing Time (1936)

Running Time: 103 Minutes
Director: George Stevens
Date Watched: 1/28/2011 Medium: DVD

Summary (from amazon.com): "It's Swing Time anytime Fred and Ginger slip on their dancing shoes. Here, Fred's a gambler with a fiancee back home...but one look at Ginger and all bets are off! He pursues, she resists, and it's all tied together by a series of breathtaking dances. "Bojangles of Harlem," a tribute to hoofer Bill Robinson, has Astaire tapping with three giant Astaire shadows. The sly "Pick Yourself Up" features Ginger teaching the supposedly flub-footed Fred how to dance."

Molly: (3.5 out of 5 stars): "Very fun and entertaining. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are a very entertaining pair to watch and their dancing is amazing. The story was cute; not compelling, just good clean fun."

Nick (3.5 out of 5 stars): "A fun movie to watch. The dancing performances were fantastic."

Random Movie Facts (from IMDb.com):

• The climax of "Never Gonna Dance" took 47 takes in a single day and required many demanding spins of Ginger Rogers; her feet bled.

• In "The Way You Look Tonight", Ginger Rogers is seen to be washing her hair. The crew tried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream.