SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire's seventh film pairing finds them aboard an ocean liner: he a famous ballet dancer, she the renowned tap dancer he's fallen for — hard. Complicating the already fraught courtship (she's not interested), a rumor circulates that the two are secretly married to each other. The movie's catchy score is by George and Ira Gershwin, their first for a Hollywood musical (and George's last — he died later that year), and standout songs include the Oscar®-nominated "They Can't Take That Away from Me," "Shall We Dance" and the cheerful "tomato/tomahto, potato/potahto" breakup duet, "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," to which the pair dance on roller skates! DIR Mark Sandrich; SCR Ernest Pagano, Allan Scott; PROD Pandro S. Berman. U.S., 1937, b&w, 109 min. NOT RATED
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Run Time: 109 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024
Genre: Musical comedy