In Full Swing

In Full Swing

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 11, 2019

Runtime

0h 41m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

In Full Swing

Production Companies

The Criterion Collection

Director

Angie Bucknell

Description

A documentary on the making of the 1936 film Swing Time, featuring interviews with jazz and film critic Gary Giddens, dance critic Brian Seibert, and Dorothy Fields biographer Deborah Grace Winer. This is an all-encompassing feature covering the evolution of the Hollywood musical, Astaire's and Rogers' work, and the film's music, written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields.