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Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!

1937•1h 49m•7.3/10
ComedyRomance

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7.3/10(121)

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

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Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Petrov

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Linda Keene

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Jeffrey Baird

Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Cecil Flintridge

Jerome Cowan

Jerome Cowan

Arthur Miller

Ketti Gallian

Ketti Gallian

Lady Tarrington

William Brisbane

William Brisbane

Jim Montgomery

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Matron

Harriet Hoctor

Harriet Hoctor

Ballet Dancer

Rolfe Sedan

Ballet Master (uncredited)

Richard Tucker

Richard Tucker

Mr. Russell (uncredited)

Ben Alexander

Ben Alexander

Evans (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Policeman (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall

Man (uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

Matthew Boulton

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

First Steward (uncredited)

Monte Collins

Monte Collins

Usher-Messenger (uncredited)

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Dickerson

Engine Room Singer (uncredited)

Pauline Garon

Pauline Garon

(uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Bartender (uncredited)

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