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 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shall We Dance?
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 ⓘ