Overview
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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DirectorGeorge Stevens
WriterHoward Lindsay, Allan Scott
Cast
Fred Astaire
Lucky Garnett
Ginger Rogers
Penny Carrol
Victor Moore
Pop Cardetti
Helen Broderick
Mabel Anderson
Eric Blore
Gordon
Betty Furness
Margaret Watson
Georges Metaxa
Ricky Romero
Landers Stevens
Judge Watson (uncredited)
Jack Goode
Dancer (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Eric Lacanistram (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
(uncredited)
Fern Emmett
(uncredited)
Olin Francis
(uncredited)
John Harrington
(uncredited)
Howard Hickman
(uncredited)
Frank Jenks
(uncredited)
Frank Mills
(uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
(uncredited)
Abe Reynolds
Schmidt the tailor (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
(uncredited)
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Keywords
new york citydancingmusicalballroom dancingsingingblack and whitegamblerbased on short storydance instructordance actback stagejilted woman
Details
Budget
$1M
Revenue
$3M
TMDb Votes
250
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026