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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. Set mainly in New York City, the film follows a gambler and dancer, "Lucky" (Astaire), who is trying to raise money to secure his…
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The Great Depression was a great time for Hollywood musicals, providing the perfect excuse for the impoverished masses to fill the studios’ coffers by indulging in the most escapist of all genres. Yet, that same Great Depression was always in the background. In some cases, like with *Gold Diggers of 1933*, it served as an integral part of the plot and sometimes even crept into more escapist and fantasy-like musicals…More
