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OSCAR WINNER:
Best Dance Direction
Fred Astaire sails across the pond to meet damsel in distress Joan Fontaine and delightful (if unlikely) dance partners George Burns and Gracie Allen in a musical co-scripted by master wit P.G. Wodehouse and directed by George Stevens (“Swing Time”).
The helium-light story concerns servants running a betting pool on the marriage prospects of a fetching aristocrat (guess who wins her hand).
The elegant George and Ira Gershwin score includes two standards forever associated with Astaire, “A Foggy Day” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” plus one of Hollywood’s cleverest song-and-dances: the Academy Award-winning Fun House number, which sends Astaire, Burns and Allen cavorting among chutes, mirrors, moving floors and rolling barrels.
Original Release
11/19/1937
US Release
11/19/1937
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Jerry Halliday |
George Burns | George |
Gracie Allen | Gracie |
Joan Fontaine | Lady Alyce / Alyce Marshmorton |
Reginald Gardiner | Keggs |
Ray Noble | Reggie |
Constance Collier | Lady Caroline |
Montagu Love | Lord Marshmorton |
Harry Watson | Albert |
Jan Duggan | Miss Ruggles |
Directors
Writers
P.G. Wodehouse, Ian Hay, Ernest Pagano, S.K. Lauren, P.J. Wolfson, William J. Burns
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fred Astaire | Jerry Halliday |
George Burns | George |
Gracie Allen | Gracie |
Joan Fontaine | Lady Alyce / Alyce Marshmorton |
Reginald Gardiner | Keggs |
Ray Noble | Reggie |
Constance Collier | Lady Caroline |
Montagu Love | Lord Marshmorton |
Harry Watson | Albert |
Jan Duggan | Miss Ruggles |
Pearl Amatore | Madrigal Singer |
Dorothy Barrett | Dancer in Funhouse Number |
May Beatty | Landlady |
Eugene Beday | Bit Role |
Charles Bennett | Carnival Barker |
Frank Benson | Attendant |
John Blood | Bit Role |
Angela Blue | Dancer |
Monte Blue | Bit Role |
Grace Bohanon | Bit Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel J. Briskin | Executive Producer |
Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1938 | Oscar | Best Art Direction | Nominated |
1938 | Oscar | Best Dance Direction | Won |