Shall We Dance

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"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.

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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 of America
surface form: United States
director Mark Sandrich
distributedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy William Hamilton
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: 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 self-link
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 RKO musicals
surface form: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
starring Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
title Shall We Dance self-link

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Fred Astaire notableWork Shall We Dance
Ginger Rogers notableWork Shall We Dance
Richard Rodgers notableWork Shall We Dance
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Shall We Dance title Shall We Dance self-link
Shall We Dance featuresSong Shall We Dance self-link
Rodgers and Hammerstein wroteSong Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance?
Frederick Austerlitz notableWork Shall We Dance
Frederick notableWork Shall We Dance
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
The King and I notableSong Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance?
Virginia Katherine McMath notableWork Shall We Dance
Mark Sandrich notableWork Shall We Dance
David Abel notableWork Shall We Dance
Eric Blore notableWork Shall We Dance
Van Nest Polglase notableWork Shall We Dance
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off partOf Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance (soundtrack)
Slap That Bass featuredInFilm Shall We Dance
Slap That Bass partOfSoundtrack Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance (soundtrack)
They All Laughed firstAppearanceInWork Shall We Dance
They All Laughed introducedInFilm Shall We Dance
They All Laughed writtenFor Shall We Dance
Astaire–Rogers filmography hasPart Shall We Dance
Peter P. Peters appearsIn Shall We Dance
Peter P. Peters fictionalUniverse Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance (film)
Peter P. Peters notableWork Shall We Dance
Peter P. Peters characterCreatedFor Shall We Dance
Linda Keene appearsIn Shall We Dance
Gertrude Lawrence notableWork Shall We Dance
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance? (performance)
Carroll Clark notableWork Shall We Dance
Edward Everett Horton notableWork Shall We Dance
Edward Everett Horton performedIn Shall We Dance