RKO Radio Pictures
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Shall We Dance
Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!
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.
- Original title
- Shall We Dance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $991,000
- Revenue
- $2,168,000
CinemaSerf
Aug 22, 2025 · via TMDB
“Just Caesar, just Napoleon, only Garbo, so just Petrov is enough... You don’t want to dance with the great Petrov? Don’t be a silly horse.” With an introduction like that, how can “Linda” (Ginger Rogers) possibly decline to dance with this clearly modest and unassuming gent (Fred Astaire) as they embark on an ocean liner bound for New York. As they travel and despite their frosty start, the pair start to bond a little, but nowhere near as much as some gossips assume and before they are halfway across the Atlantic are married! Except, well… She avails herself of the mail aeroplane to disembark but things steadily worsen and the newspapers even start drawing storks above their headlines! “Petrov” - well, “Peter”really knows all along that it’s his publicity people who are stirring things but he is also becoming quite keen on this lady - despite being the centre of the attentions of the recently freed-up “Lady Tarrington” (Ketti Gallian). Amusingly, though, even he is befuddled when photos appear in the papers that even he can’t quite fathom. Who is the dummy now? Making up this chaotic storyline are his dedicated butler “Cecil” (Eric Blore) and his right-hand man “Baird” (Edward Everett Horton) who is in danger of tripping over his own conspiracy cloak! There is a really gorgeous chemistry on display here, with Rogers’s facial expressions speaking volumes of disdain, disbelief and, believe it or not, affection too. There are two stand out musical set-pieces from the Gershwins in “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”; the dance routines - especially on the ice rink, are mischievous and naturally choreographed and the whole film effortlessly entertains us with some great comedic timing, a little zany behaviour and a cast of professionals who all look like they were having a good laugh.
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Fred Astaire
Petrov
Ginger Rogers
Linda Keene
Edward Everett Horton
Jeffrey Baird
Eric Blore
Cecil Flintridge
Jerome Cowan
Arthur Miller
Ketti Gallian
Lady Tarrington
William Brisbane
Jim Montgomery
Ann Shoemaker
Matron
Harriet Hoctor
Ballet Dancer
Rolfe Sedan
Ballet Master (uncredited)
Richard Tucker
Mr. Russell (uncredited)
Ben Alexander
Evans (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Policeman (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
First Steward (uncredited)
Monte Collins
Usher-Messenger (uncredited)
Dudley Dickerson
Engine Room Singer (uncredited)
Pauline Garon
(uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Bartender (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Process Server (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Waiter (uncredited)
Sherwood Bailey
Newsboy (uncredited)
Harry Bowen
Johnson (uncredited)
William Burress
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Jean De Briac
Producer (uncredited)
Douglas Gordon
Steward (uncredited)
Jane Hamilton
Woman (uncredited)
Sam Hayes
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Policeman at Jail (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
Doorman (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Show Producer (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Matty Roubert
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Dancer and Singer (uncredited)
Marek Windheim
Ballet Master (uncredited)
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Irene
Costume Design
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Vernon L. Walker
Special Effects
Mark Sandrich
Director
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Nathaniel Shilkret
Music Director
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Songs
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
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Apr 29, 1937
Baltimore, Maryland
May 7, 1937
Aug 16, 2005
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