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Shall We Dance
“Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!”
7.3 / 10• 1937• 1h 49m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Fred Astaire
Petrov
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Sandrich's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shall We Dance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
