Shall We Dance? (1937)
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast:
- Fred Astaire - Petrov (Peter P. Peters)
- Edward Everett Horton - Jeffrey Baird
- Jerome Cowan - Arthur Miller--Linda's Manager
- William Brisbane - Jim Montgomery
- Harriet Hoctor - Harriet Hoctor
- Rolfe Sedan - Ballet Master
- Henry Mowbray - Radio Officer
- George Magrill - Room Steward
- Sam Wren - Charlie
- Leonard Mudie - Ship's Waiter
- Dudley Dickerson - Singer
- William Burress - Justice of the Peace
- Pete Theodore - Linda's Dancing Partner
- Marek Windheim - Ballet Master
- Sam Hayes - Dispatcher
- Ginger Rogers - Linda Keene
- Eric Blore - Cecil Flintridge
- Ketti Gallian - Lady Denise Tarrington
- Ann Shoemaker - Mrs. Fitzgerald
- Helena Grant - Ship Passenger
- Harry Bowen - Locksmith
- Ben Alexander - Rooftop Bandleader
- Jack Rice - Desk Clerk
- Sherwood Bailey - Newsboy
- Emma Young - Tai--Linda's Maid
- Frank Moran - Process Server
- Douglas Gordon - Steward
- Charles Coleman - Policeman in Park
- Richard Tucker - Attorney
- Tiny Jones - Flower Woman
- Director(s):
- Mark Sandrich
- Writer(s):
- Allan G. Scott, P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Pagano
- Producer(s):
- Pandro S. Berman
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