Swing Time (1936)

Directed by George Stevens · Cinematography by David Abel

Approved103 min65 frames

RomanceComedy

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.

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