Swing Time 87 years old

A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

Swing Time

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding again and has to make $25,000 so her father allows him to marry Margaret. 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 Romero.

Credits

Swing Time Cast

Name Character
Fred Astaire He was 37, 88 years old when he died as Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers She was 25, 83 years old when she died as Penny Carrol
Eric Blore He was 48, 71 years old when he died as Gordon
Helen Broderick She was 45, 68 years old when she died as Mabel Anderson
Georges Metaxa He was 36, 51 years old when he died as Ricky Romero
Betty Furness She was 20, 78 years old when she died as Margaret Watson
Landers Stevens He was 59, 63 years old when he died as Judge Watson (uncredited)
Victor Moore He was 60, 86 years old when he died as Pop Cardetti

Swing Time Crew

Name Department
Vernon L. Walker as Special Effects. He was 42 (53) years old when He died Crew
Carroll Clark as Assistant Art Director. He was 42 (74) years old when He died Art
Mel Berns as Makeup Artist. He was 38 (79) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Darrell Silvera as Set Dresser. He was 35 (82) years old when He died Art
Van Nest Polglase as Art Direction. He was 38 (70) years old when He died Art
Fred Fleck as Unit Manager. He was 44 (69) years old when He died Production
David Abel as Director of Photography. He was 52 (89) years old when He died Camera
Pandro S. Berman as Producer. He was 31 (91) years old when He died Production
Dorothy Fields as Lyricist. She was 31 (68) years old when She died Writing
Erwin S. Gelsey as Story. He was 36 (88) years old when He died Writing
Hermes Pan as Choreographer. He was 26 (80) years old when He died Crew
Howard Lindsay as Screenplay. He was 47 (78) years old when He died Writing
Bernard Newman as Costume Design. He was 39 (69) years old when He died Costume & Make-Up
Jerome Kern as Music. He was 51 (60) years old when He died Sound
George Marsh as Sound Editor. He was 62 (31) years old when He died Sound
Allan Scott as Screenplay. He was 30 (88) years old when He died Writing
Argyle Nelson as Assistant Director. He was 35 (68) years old when He died Directing
Swing Time poster
Swing Time (87 years)

A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!

  • Release day: Thursday, August 27, 1936
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Budget: 886000.00
  • Revenue: 2600000.00