#90 Swing Time

Title: Swing Time

A.F.I. Ranking: 90

Director: George Stevens

Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Release Year: 1936

Brief Synopsis: After a joke played on him by his friends, Lucky was late to his own wedding. His fiancé and her family agree that Lucky can still marry her if he raises $25,000. Lucky heads to New York to raise the money. While there he runs into a dance instructor named Penny and they quickly strike up a relationship. Now Lucky needs to decide if he still focuses on raising the $25,000 or does he just stay in New York.

My Thoughts: This movie is a very sweet romance, something theaters are missing as of late. This was the first Astaire/Rogers movie I have watched. The dancing and storytelling was wonderful. The movie's down fall is the end. I didn’t like the end at all. It was almost as they just tacked the end of the film on as an afterthought, almost like they didn’t know how to end it, however the rest of the movie, the songs, and the dancing make up for a less than perfect ending.

“You know, snow tastes just as bad as water.”

Rating: List Worthy!