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Shall We Dance

1937 · 109 min

A breezy, elegant confection of mistaken identity and tabloid mischief, carried by effortless dancing and sparkling wit.

Tagline
Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!
Overview
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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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • media
  • identity
  • deception
  • celebrity
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Mark Sandrich
Written by
Ernest Pagano, Allan Scott
Starring
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, William Brisbane, Ann Shoemaker
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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