Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
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 Ricardo 'Ricky' Romero (played by Georges Metaxa). This is a dance of desperation, despair and love.
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.
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
AOL latest headlines, entertainment, sports, articles for business, health and world news.
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 compilation album by American country band Asleep at the Wheel. Released on February 5, 1992, by Sony Music Special Products , it contains select tracks from the group's three albums on Epic Records : 1974's Asleep at the Wheel , 1987's 10 and 1988's Western Standard Time .
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