Laughing and Crying and Dancing: The Limits of Human Behavior in Swing Time (1936)

2020/06/18 by Daniel Neofetou · 1 citation
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Arts and Humanities · #Cinema and Media Studies #Theater, Performance, and Music History #Musicology and Musical Analysis

paper · doi:10.1080/10509208.2020.1780901

openalex publication_date 2020/06/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The Depression era Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers vehicle Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) is the fifth film in the duo’s cycle for RKO Pictures (It is the sixth if one counts Flying Down to Rio (...

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