Robert Russell Bennett - Turner Classic Movies

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Frost/Nixon (2008)

Music Conductor

Lust, Caution (2007)

Show Boat (1989)

Androcles and the Lion (1967)

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Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) A Fine Romance

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Pick Yourself Up

Biography

Filmography

Music (Feature Film)

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Music Conductor

Lust, Caution (2007)

Music (Special)

Show Boat (1989)

Androcles and the Lion (1967)

Life Events

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Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) A Fine Romance Dance partners Penny (Ginger Rogers) and Lucky (Fred Astaire) are constrained from confessing their love for each other, Pop (Victor Moore) enlisted as his backstop, lyrics by Dorothy Fields written to Jerome Kern's tune to support the plot point, Ginger's vocal first, George Stevens directing, in Swing Time, 1936.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Pick Yourself Up After the Dorothy Fields lyric, the first Astaire and Rogers dance, to a Jerome Kern tune, Fred as Lucky, who has been sandbagging his dance skills, shows her boss (Eric Blore) that Ginger (as Penny) is a great teacher, sidekicks (Victor Moore, Helen Broderick) also inspired, in Swing Time, 1936.

Swing Time (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Waltz In Swing Time Fred Astaire (as Lucky) has won the contract of bandleader Ricky (Georges Metaxa) in a card game so, despite being rivals over Penny (Ginger Rogers), he is obligated to play Jerome Kern’s pacey Waltz In Swing Time for their audition, a landmark number from Swing Time, 1936.

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