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Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

1937Movie⏱️ 1h 49mApproved
ComedyMusicalRomance
7.4
IMDB Rating
8,327 votes

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

Director
Mark Sandrich
Writers
Allan Scott, Ernest Pagano, P.J. Wolfson
Stars
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Release Date
May 7, 1937
Language
English, French
Country
United States
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 4
Nominations
💬 82
Reviews
📋 8.5K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
as Peter P. Peters aka Petrov
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
as Linda Keene
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton
as Jeffrey Baird
Eric Blore
Eric Blore
as Cecil Flintridge
Jerome Cowan
Jerome Cowan
as Arthur Miller
Ketti Gallian
Ketti Gallian
as Lady Tarrington
William Brisbane
William Brisbane
as Jim Montgomery
Ann Shoemaker
Ann Shoemaker
as Shipboard Gossip Matron
Harriet Hoctor
Harriet Hoctor
as Harriet Hoctor - Dancer
👤
Norman Ainsley
as Ship's Bartender

💰 Box Office

$6,662
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
RKO Radio Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

question in titlethree word titleproto giallodefacing a portraitballet dress rehearsal

🎯 Categories

Romantic ComedyComedyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Music by Gershwin, dancing by Astaire and Rogers, with Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore in tow
by llltdesq2000-12-20
9/10

"This film (one of the better ones Astaire and Rogers did) probably doesn't get quite the praise it merits because Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee are so widely praised (rightly so). But this movie is equally well executed and any movie that has in it's score the songs, "Shall We Dance", "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" and especially "They Can't Take That Away" deserves to be warmly remembered. There's a score by Gershwin, dancing by Astaire, Rogers and others and Edard Everett Horton and Eric Blore in support (they appeared in so many of t..."

💡 Did You Know?

The scene where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance on roller skates took about 150 takes, according to one of the VHS versions of the film.

📖 Synopsis

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.