Another addition to the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers catalog of dancing masterpiece movies is “Swing Time.” Astaire is John Garnett, a dancer who is scheduled to get married. But his gambling addiction makes him late for the wedding and gets him into a lot of hot water with his fiance’s father, who tells him that he can only come back and marry the girl if he manages to pull together $25,000. John hops a train for New York, determined to find the money, but instead runs into Penny Carrol, (Ginger Rogers) and finds himself very intrigued. When he discovers that Penny … Continue reading →

After reviewing “Never Been Kissed” last week and seeing that it’s considered a remake of “The Major and the Minor,” I decided I’d better see this film too, and compare them. Well, they’re both about a girl who pretends to be younger than she is and falls in love with an older man who is her mentor. And that’s where the similarities stop. But I did enjoy “The Major and the Minor” on its own merits. Ginger Rogers stars as Susan Applegate, a young woman who has left small-town farm life to come to New York to try to start … Continue reading →