This movie is a lot of fun.
John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) is a gambling hoofer with "Pop" Cardetti's (Victor Moore) dance and magic act. He is engaged to Margret Watson (Betty Furness).
He misses his wedding when the other performers of the dance act play a trick on him to try to keep him from marrying and leaving the act.
His fiancee's father calls off the wedding when Lucky is late, but tells him that if goes to New York and makes $25,000 he can marry his daughter.
While hopping aboard a train to New York, Lucky looses his suitcase.
In New York, Lucky exchanges his lucky quarter for some change from Penelope "Penny" Carroll (Ginger Rogers) to buy a cigarette for his friend Pop.
Penny thinks that Lucky stole the quarter, due to a misunderstanding caused by Pop while he was trying to get Lucky's lucky quarter back.
Lucky learns that Penny is a dance instructor at a dancing school and gets a free lesson from her to try to explain to her about the misunderstanding.
Penny tries to teach him to walk gracefully in a very funny scene.
In another funny scene Lucky acts very clumsy while Penny is trying to teach him to dance.
Penny sings "Pick Yourself Up" to Lucky.
Penny gets fired when her boss, Gordon (Eric Blore) overhears her telling Lucky that no one could teach him to dance.
Lucky gets Penny's job back for her, by showing Gordon all Penny "taught" him in the dance routine "Pick Yourself Up."
Gordon gets Lucky and Penny auditions as dancers for a nightclub; and he tells Lucky to wear dinner clothes.
Lucky misses the audition after he lost his tuxedo gambling, while trying to win some dinner clothes
The rest of the movie is about Lucky not wanting to make twenty-five thousand dollars, so he won't have to go back and marry his fiancee; and him falling in love with Penny, and trying to convince her not to be mad at him.
Lucky sings "The Way You Look Tonight" to Penny.
Lucky and Penny preform a lovely dance to "Waltz in Swing Time."
Penny and Lucky sing "A Fine Romance."
Lucky preforms a tribute to Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the dance number "Bojangles of Harlem."
Lucky sings "Never Gonna Dance" to Penny.
Lucky and Penny preform a great dance routine to "Never Gonna Dance."
Swing Time is a really fun musical.
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