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Shall We Dance

Actor(s): Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan
Director(s): Mark Sandrich
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Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1937
DVD Release: 08/16/2005
Format: DVD - Black and White
Edition: Dual Layered
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 49 mins
Studio: Warner Home Video
Members Wishing: 11
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Romance, Showbiz Comedy
See Also: Shall We Dance

Synopsis

The seventh of RKO's Fred Astaire--Ginger Rogers musicals, Shall We Dance casts Astaire as a world-renowned ballet dancer and Rogers as a musical comedy headliner. Rogers' manager Jerome Cowan concocts a phony romance between his client and Astaire in order to garner publicity for them both. Eventually, of course, the twosome falls in love for real, but not before a cornucopia of confusion, complications and misunderstandings. Highlights include a number performed on roller skates and Astaire's dance solo in the art-deco boiler room of an ocean liner. The George and Ira Gershwin score (their last for Astaire and Rogers) includes "Slap That Bass," "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They All Laughed," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," and the title number. Shall We Dance was slated as the last of the Fred-and-Ginger romps, but within a year they were together again in Carefree. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Fred Astaire - Petrov (Peter P. Peters)
Ginger Rogers - Linda Keene
Edward Everett Horton - Jeffrey Baird
Eric Blore - Cecil Flintridge
Jerome Cowan - Arthur Miller--Linda's Manager

Awards

1937	Best Song (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Ira Gershwin
1937	Best Song (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	George Gershwin