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Swing Time

1936 · 103 min · Director: George Stevens ★ IMDb 7.4 · 15,766 ratings

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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.

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Swing Time (1936) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Love 25%, Joy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Love
20%Joy
  1. Humor30%
  2. Love25%
  3. Joy20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Love, Joy. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Love and Joy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Humor
  • Love
  • Sadness

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Humor
Love
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

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Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorLoveSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor35 %33 %5 %5 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor37 %34 %9 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Relief37 %32 %11 %7 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor39 %36 %9 %6 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor44 %41 %11 %6 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Relief43 %38 %13 %10 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor38 %33 %14 %8 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Humor37 %33 %21 %7 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Love42 %27 %22 %7 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension45 %19 %18 %8 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Love42 %21 %24 %8 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Love42 %26 %37 %10 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Love44 %26 %40 %14 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Love41 %25 %35 %10 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
77.5 %≈ 80′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
82.5 %≈ 85′Sadness60 %8 %25 %52 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Sadness60 %11 %28 %49 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Relief54 %28 %21 %29 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Humor51 %43 %15 %13 %

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Cast

VM
Victor Moore

HB
Helen Broderick

BF
Betty Furness

GM
Georges Metaxa

LS
Landers Stevens

LS
Landers Stevens

Judge Watson (uncredited)

JG
Jack Goode

GH
Gerald Hamer

ED
Edgar Dearing

(uncredited)

FE
Fern Emmett

(uncredited)

OF
Olin Francis

(uncredited)

JH
John Harrington

(uncredited)

HH
Howard Hickman

(uncredited)

FJ
Frank Jenks

(uncredited)

FM
Frank Mills

(uncredited)

FM
Ferdinand Munier

(uncredited)

AR
Abe Reynolds

Schmidt the tailor (uncredited)

PW
Pierre Watkin

(uncredited)

Details

Directed by
George Stevens
Written by
Allan Scott, Howard Lindsay, Erwin S. Gelsey, Allan Scott
Type
Movies
Released
1936
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 15,766 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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