Shall We Dance
“Foot-free Fred and joyous Ginger...in their gayest, gladdest show!”
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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Cast
49 people
Fred Astaire
Petrov
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Ginger Rogers
Linda Keene
Known for
Top Hat
Monkey Business
Edward Everett Horton
Jeffrey Baird
Known for
The Bullwinkle Show
Top Hat
Eric Blore
Cecil Flintridge
Known for
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Top Hat
Jerome Cowan
Arthur Miller
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
Miracle on 34th Street
Ketti Gallian
Lady Tarrington
Also in
Marie Galante
The Southern Trail
William Brisbane
Jim Montgomery
Also in
Too Many Husbands
Should Wives Work?
Ann Shoemaker
Matron
Known for
My Favorite Wife
The Fortune Cookie
Harriet Hoctor
Ballet Dancer
Rolfe Sedan
Ballet Master (uncredited)
Known for
Ninotchka
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Richard Tucker
Mr. Russell (uncredited)
Known for
Wings
The Jazz Singer
Ben Alexander
Evans (uncredited)
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Man in the Shadow
Mark Sandrich Director · Ernest Pagano Screenplay Allan Scott Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.2M · Budget $991K · United States release May 7, 1937
Box office
Budget
$991,000
Worldwide gross
$2,168,000
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · April 29, 1937
Premiere · Baltimore, Maryland
United States · May 7, 1937
Theatrical
United States · August 16, 2005
Physical · DVD
Brazil
September 28, 2005 · Physical · VHS / DVD
Italy
October 27, 1937 · Theatrical
Spain
November 17, 1939 · Theatrical
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