We are off to the second half of Astaire and Rogers movies. Today's movie rom them is Swing Time.
Lucky (Astaire) is all ready to get married. He is ready to leave behind his dance company and move forward with his wife. Problem is he is on stage and is already running late! When he gets off the stage he runs to get dressed to make it to his wedding. However, the fellow members of his company are not happy with him leaving. So, they trick him into staying in his dressing room by telling him that his pants are the wrong style and that he has to go and get them fixed. He sends his buddy off to get them fixed and then they get him to gamble. Since he has a problem with gambling this is not a good idea. He ends up missing he wedding. When he get to the venue he works out a deal with his fiancé, and her father, that if he is ever worth $25,000 he can get married. So, he goes to New York to find his fortune and runs into Penny (Rogers) upon arrival. After making her late, and giving her his lucky quarter, he finds that she is a great dancer and could possibly land jobs in a great show, and get him the money he wants. However, when he gets the money that he has to figure out who he is really in love with.
When I first got this collection this was one of the ones that I watched a few times and that was it. It quickly became forgotten in the love of some of their other movies. However, the one thing that did stay with me in the movie is the first black dress Ms. Rogers wears in the movie. It's so flowey! I want to dance and twirl in it myself! I will say I appreciate this movie more this time around. I loved the music more, and the dancing. I found the jokes funnier and the story line was great! It's still a cute Romantic Comedy musical but it was great re-watching it!
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