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In 1999, Entertainment Weekly named Swing Time as one of the top 100 films, and in 2004, the film was included in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked Swing Time at No. 90 on their 10th anniversary list of 100 Years...100 Movies. [1]
A Fine Romance performed on tenor sax by Jules Grandgagnage "A Fine Romance" is a popular song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, published in 1936. The song was written for the musical film, Swing Time, where it was co-introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Swing time is a time feel in jazz music. Swing Time may also refer to: Swing Time, a 1936 movie directed by George Stevens starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; Swing Time, a 2016 novel by Zadie Smith; Swing Time Records, a record label active in the 1940s and '50s
The song was nominated for the Best Song Oscar for 1936, which it lost to "Lullaby of Broadway". [5] The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935. [ 4 ] Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. [ 6 ]
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The tune served as the theme song for the short-lived 1955–56 prime time television variety series The Johnny Carson Show.It was also the theme tune for the 1984-1986 ITV British Sitcom Fresh Fields and the 1989–1991 sequel French Fields Both starring Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers.
"Never Gonna Dance" is a song performed by Fred Astaire and danced with Ginger Rogers in their movie Swing Time. The lyrics were written by Dorothy Fields and the music was by Jerome Kern . This dramatic dance was performed at the end of the movie after John 'Lucky' Garnett (Astaire) finds out Penelope 'Penny' Carroll (Rogers) is engaged to ...
Swingtime in the Movies is a 1938 American short comedy–musical film directed and written by Crane Wilbur. [1] In 1939, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel at the 11th Academy Awards. [2] [3] Swingtime in the Movies is included on the DVD of the 1940 Raoul Walsh film They Drive By Night. [4]