182 Swing Time (1936)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
182 Swing Time (1936)
- The film originally began with a musical number, ``It's Not in the Cards,''
which was cut due the film's length and because the number was judged as
not very good. Only a bit remains in the final version. The music is also
used in the background during the first few scenes.
- The shadow dance idea for ``Bojangles of Harlem'' occurred to choreographer
'Hermes Pan' (qv) and 'Fred Astaire' (qv) during rehearsals, when three
different light sources illuminating Astaire produced three shadows.
- The climax of ``Never Gonna Dance'' took 47 takes in a single day and
required many demanding spins of 'Ginger Rogers' (qv); her feet bled.
- In ``The Way You Look Tonight'', Rogers is seen to be washing her hair.
The crew dried various soaps, shampoos, and even egg white, but it always
ran down her face too quickly. They achieved success with whipped cream.
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