Shall We Dance
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore
Director: Mark Sandrich
Writer: Allan Scott
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Shall We Dance is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It is the seventh of the ten Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films. The story follows a Russian-imposter ballet dancer (Astaire) who falls in love with a tap dancer (Rogers); the tabloid press concocts a story of their marriage, after which life imitates art.
Trivia
- The idea for the film originated in the studio's desire to exploit the successful formula created by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart with their 1936 Broadway hit On Your Toes.
- In a major coup for RKO, Pandro Berman managed to attract the Gershwins – George Gershwin, who wrote the symphonic underscore, and Ira Gershwin, the lyrics – to score this, their second Hollywood musical after Delicious in 1931.
- The film – Astaire and Rogers's most expensive to date – features well-known comedic actors in support, art direction by Carroll Clark under Van Nest Polglase's supervision, and a score which introduces three Gershwin songs that went on to become classics.
Previous Showings
17 Runs • 11 Festivals
14,102 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (June 1, 1937)
Original Run: June 1, 1937 (Tuesday - Saturday)
All runs on record (17):
- June 1, 1937 (Tuesday - Saturday)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- July 12 - 13, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, Roberta, Carefree, Flying Down to Rio, You'll Never Get Rich
- June 15 - 16, 1990 · 1,450 ticketsw/ Carefree
- January 23 - 26, 1993 · 1,382 ticketsw/ Carefree
- August 17 - 18, 1995 · 743 ticketsw/ Lady in the Dark
- November 8 - 10, 1996 · 1,429 ticketsw/ Stage Door
- November 14 - 17, 1998 · 916 ticketsRomantic Comedy Seriesw/ The Awful Truth
- April 7, 2001 · 684 ticketsWinter 2001w/ Big Broadcast of 1937
- September 25 - 27, 2002 · 516 ticketsFall Folliesw/ Christmas in July
- December 15 - 16, 2004 · 653 ticketsBrandow/ A Damsel in Distress
- April 14 - 15, 2007 · 1,475 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Topper
- July 12, 2007 · 582 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Follow the Fleet
- September 8 - 10, 2010 · 894 ticketsSummer 2010w/ The Sky's the Limit
- May 28 - 30, 2014 · 804 ticketsFred Astairew/ Carefree
- December 16 - 18, 2016 · 934 ticketsAstaire and Rogers plus The Marx Brothersw/ Monkey Business
- March 15 - 17, 2024 · 1,053 ticketsFred Astairew/ Follow the Fleet
- June 5 - 6, 2025 · 587 ticketsFred Astairew/ You Were Never Lovelier