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Swing Time (1936)
Fred and Ginger with "Lucky Quarter" and Queen Victoria Halfpenny
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The 1936 film "Swing Time" is a musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) is a gambler who is trying to raise money to marry Margaret Watson.
He meets dancer Penelope "Penny" Carroll (Ginger Rogers).
John carries a "lucky quarter" and later places a prop coin on a stack of casino chips.
1. John shows his lucky quarter to Penny
John puts it into a cigarette vending machine.
2. John gets more
Not only cigarette packs show up but quite a bit of change.
Lucky and Penny later visit a casino where Lucky places a bet on roulette.
He places a coin on top of the chips.
3. Lucky's coin
The coin appears to be a British halfpenny of Queen Victoria.
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Fred Astaire as John "Lucky" Garnett
Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll
Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
Director: George Stevens
Writers: Howard Lindsay, Allan Scott, Erwin S. Gelsey
Ginger Rogers as Penelope "Penny" Carroll
Betty Furness as Margaret Watson
Writers: Howard Lindsay, Allan Scott, Erwin S. Gelsey
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