Shall We Dance (1937)

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7.4	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Mark Sandrich

Starring (View all)

Fred Astaire
Peter P. Peters aka Petrov

Ginger Rogers
Linda Keene

Edward Everett Horton
Jeffrey Baird

Eric Blore
Cecil Flintridge

Jerome Cowan
Arthur Miller

Ketti Gallian
Lady Tarrington

William Brisbane
Jim Montgomery

Ann Shoemaker
Shipboard Gossip Matron

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Allan Scott
(screen play) and

Ernest Pagano
(screen play)

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Shall We Dance

4 years, 5 months ago at Nov 16 23:30

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Essentially a redress of Top Hat with ballet plugged into the plot contrivance and George and Ira Gershwin in place of Irving Berlin, Shall We Dance comes so close to recreating the delicate perfection of prior pairings that it’s frustrating when it falls just short. The major problem is that a bit of Shall We Dance feels stiff kneed when trying to go for a rat-a-tat-tat routine. It just seems l... read more

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A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake their marriage for publicity purposes before falling in love for real in this delightful musical comedy starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Among the well-known songs in George and Ira Gershwin’s score are “Slap That Bass,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” “They All Laughed,” and “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off,” which features Fred and Ginger in a showstopper dance sequence on roller skates.

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Tags: Musical (7), Romance (4), Comedy (3), 1937 (2), Dance (1), Adventure (1), 1930s (1), Music Video (1), Romcom (1), Dramas (1), AFI Top 100 Movie Songs (1), Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers (1), Ginger & Fred (1)

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Shall We Dance

“Essentially a redress of Top Hat with ballet plugged into the plot contrivance and George and Ira Gershwin in place of Irving Berlin, Shall We Dance comes so close to recreating the delicate perfection of prior pairings that it’s frustrating when it falls just short. The major problem is that a bit of Shall We Dance feels stiff kneed when trying to go for a rat-a-tat-tat routine. It just seems like there’s almost too much here that the escapist dilettante nature of their best pairings feels a bit too overburdened. Something like the Russian ballet feels too highbrow for the bubble delicate world of Fred and Ginger. They’re best in parts where they’re either recognizably in an approximation of the real world, or in complete glitterati mode where their concerns and bank accounts” read more

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