Shall We Dance

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film musical film romantic comedy film

"Shall We Dance" is a 1937 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its sophisticated dance sequences and classic George and Ira Gershwin songs.

Aliases (1)

Shall We Dance? ×3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → musical film → romantic comedy film →
artDirectionBy	Van Nest Polglase →
basedOn	idea by George Gershwin →
character	Linda Keene → Peter P. Peters →
cinematographyBy	David Abel →
costumeDesignBy	Bernard Newman →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Mark Sandrich →
distributedIn	United States →
distributor	RKO Radio Pictures →
editedBy	William Hamilton →
era	Golden Age of Hollywood →
featuresDanceSequence	dance on shipboard deck to "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" → roller-skate dance sequence with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers →
featuresSong	I've Got Beginner's Luck → Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → Shall We Dance → Slap That Bass → They All Laughed → They Can't Take That Away from Me →
followedBy	Carefree →
follows	Swing Time →
format	black-and-white →
genre	musical → romantic comedy →
language	English →
lyricsBy	Ira Gershwin →
musicBy	George Gershwin →
notableFor	classic George and Ira Gershwin songs → sophisticated dance sequences →
originalLanguage	English →
partOfSeries	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals →
portrays	romance between a ballet dancer and a musical-comedy star →
producer	Pandro S. Berman →
productionCompany	RKO Radio Pictures →
releaseDateUS	1937-05-07 →
releaseYear	1937 →
runtimeMinutes	109 →
screenwriter	Allan Scott → Ernest Pagano →
setIn	New York City → Paris →
starPairing	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers →
starring	Fred Astaire → Ginger Rogers →
title	Shall We Dance →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fred Astaire → Frederick Austerlitz → Frederick Austerlitz → Ginger Rogers → Richard Rodgers ("Shall We Dance?") →	notableWork
Shall We Dance →	featuresSong
The King and I ("Shall We Dance?") →	notableSong
Shall We Dance →	title
Rodgers and Hammerstein ("Shall We Dance?") →	wroteSong