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.
Acting
Rogers does everything backward AND in heels—literally.
Cinematography
The 'Never Gonna Dance' sequence: one take, infinite longing.
Costume
Ginger's feathered gown that nearly choked the set.
Director
George Stevens
Fred Astaire
Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers
Penny Carrol
Victor Moore
Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick
Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore
Gordon
Betty Furness
Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa
Ricky Romero
Landers Stevens
Judge Watson (uncredited)
Jack Goode
Dancer (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Eric Lacanistram (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
(uncredited)
Fern Emmett
(uncredited)
Olin Francis
(uncredited)
John Harrington
(uncredited)
Howard Hickman
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ginger Rogers' feathered sleeves shed so aggressively that Astaire nicknamed the number 'Feathers' and banned feathers from future films.
The 'Waltz in Swing Time' number pioneered using dance to advance plot, not just decorate it—essentially inventing the modern movie musical.
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