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201941 minGdocumentary

In Full Swing

201941 minGdocumentary

Gary Giddens details the 1936 film Swing Time, focusing on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' partnership and the work of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.

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Gary Giddens details the 1936 film Swing Time, focusing on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' partnership and the work of Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.

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Gary Giddens, a jazz and film critic, discusses the making of the 1936 film Swing Time. The documentary features interviews with dance critic Brian Seibert and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. It covers the evolution of the Hollywood musical and the collaboration between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The film's music was composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The runtime is 41 minutes.

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