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Shall We Dance (1937)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:5
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: The seventh feature starring the magical and incomparable dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Famous ballet star Petroff -- otherwise known as Pete Peters from Philadelphia, PA --... The seventh feature starring the magical and incomparable dance team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Famous ballet star Petroff -- otherwise known as Pete Peters from Philadelphia, PA -- would rather tapdance than do grands jetes. And he knows the partner he'd like, too: the lovely nightclub hoofer Linda Keene. But she dashes all hopes of a pas de deux by informing him that she's about to get married and retire from the stage. Then, suddenly, rumors of a romance between the two get splashed on the cover of every newspaper tabloid... and everyone's plans are about to change. [More]
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton, Ann Shoemaker, Jerome Cowan, Harriet Hoctor, Ben Alexander
Director: Mark Sandrich
Director: Mark Sandrich
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Allan Scott
Composer: George Gershwin
Reviews for Shall We Dance
When viewed today it fares much better critically as a stylish and sophisticated musical comedy from the Art Deco era.
...the plot is what makes this Astaire/Rogers pairing frustrating, the dances slightly undercut by that.
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