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Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!

19377.31h 49m

Overview

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

Directed by Mark Sandrich
Written by Lee Loeb, Harold Buchman, Allan Scott
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Box OfficeBudget: $991KRevenue: $2.2M

Top Cast

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Petrov

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Linda Keene

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Jeffrey Baird

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Cecil Flintridge

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Arthur Miller

Ketti Gallian

Ketti Gallian

Lady Tarrington

William Brisbane

William Brisbane

Jim Montgomery

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Matron

Harriet Hoctor

Harriet Hoctor

Ballet Dancer

R

Rolfe Sedan

Ballet Master (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

newspaperdancingballet dancermusicalscandalsingingblack and whitemanhattan, new york city

About Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance is a comedy, romance film released in 1937 exploring themes of newspaper, dancing, ballet dancer, musical, scandal, singing. Directed by Mark Sandrich, it stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

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