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