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Swing Time is a 1936 American musical comedy film, the sixth of ten starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.Directed by George Stevens for RKO, it features Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Betty Furness, Eric Blore and Georges Metaxa, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
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
The novel references numerous Hollywood musicals, as the unnamed narrator is obsessed with them as a child. It takes its title from the 1936 George Stevens movie Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, specifically referencing the "Bojangles of Harlem sequence" in which Astaire sports blackface.
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]
Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940), and performed during the 1930s in RKO's musical films with Fred Astaire.
"Pick Yourself Up" is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It has a verse and chorus, as well as a third section, though the third section is often omitted in recordings.
The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, is a two-disc LP of swing and jazz music recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938.
Fred Astaire recorded "The Way You Look To-night" in Los Angeles on July 26, 1936. [10] Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee recorded the song as a duet on August 19. [11]To take advantage of the song's success, pianist Teddy Wilson brought Billie Holiday into a studio 10 weeks after the film Swing Time was released.