Swing Time (1936)
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 ...