Shall We Dance

US (1937): Romance/Musical/Comedy/Dance

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers pair for the seventh time as dancers (he a Russian ballet dancer, she a Broadway musical star) who feign marriage as a publicity angle and then fall head over heels. Terrific Gershwin score, including the famous duet "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," the title-song finale, and the wistful melody of "They Can't Take That Away From Me." Typically high-gloss production and haute-Deco trappings make this a high point of the classic-era musical. Mark Sandrich directs for RKO.

George Gershwin's 1924 composition "Rhapsody in Blue" was so widely known that in the credits of the film, Gershwin's name is accompanied by a few bars of his signature composition. Gershwin died only two months after the film's release. (amctv.com)

 View a clip of Fred Astaire performing "They Can't Take That Away from Me" in this film on YouTube.com.

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