Swing Time
Overview
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.
Review (1)
John Chard (Rated: 9)
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...
Recommendation & Similar
Shall We Dance (1937)
Yes Boss (1997)
Spring in a Small Town (1948)
Holiday (1938)
Rio Grande (1950)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
A Song Is Born (1948)
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
All the King's Men (1949)
Mr. Thank You (1936)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Electric July (2014)
Top Hat (1935)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Gaslight (1944)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)