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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.
1936 · Directed by George Stevens · 103 min · Romance · Comedy · 9 frames
Tagline
A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!
Crew
- Screenplay: Allan Scott, Howard Lindsay
- Cinematography: David Abel
- Edited by: Henry Berman
- Music: Jerome Kern
- Produced by: Pandro S. Berman
Cast
- Fred Astaire as Lucky Garnett
- Ginger Rogers as Penny Carrol
- Victor Moore as Pop Cardetti
- Helen Broderick as Mabel Anderson
- Eric Blore as Gordon
- Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
- Georges Metaxa as Ricky Romero
- Landers Stevens as Judge Watson (uncredited)
- Jack Goode as Dancer (uncredited)
- Gerald Hamer as Eric Lacanistram (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
- Budget: $886,000
- Box office: $2,600,000
- Themes: new york city, dancing, musical, ballroom dancing, singing, black and white, gambler, based on short story, dance instructor, dance act
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