Shall We Dance? with Fred Astaire: DVD Cover
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Shall We Dance? Director: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/16/2005
  • Original Release: 1937
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 11,067

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Commentary by songwriter Hugh Martin and pianist Kevin Cole; New featurette The Music of Shall We Dance; Musical short Sheik to Sheik; Classic cartoon Toy Town Hall; Subtitles:English, Français & Español (feature film only).

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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Shall We Dance
1. Credits [1:38]
2. The Loves of Petrov [4:57]
3. Too Many Asmirers [3:38]
4. Petrov With a Twist [2:20]
5. Stuck on His Idea [2:31]
6. American Boy's Game [3:09]
7. Slap That Bass [5:46]
8. Getting Choppy [4:35]
9. Walking the Dog [3:25]
10. Saving a Trip [1:59]
11. Walking the Dog Reprise [1:36]
12. Beginners Luck [1:37]
13. Rumor Has It [3:59]
14. Abandon Ship [4:04]
15. Neighbors [4:39]
16. Farewell Dinner [2:48]
17. They All Laughed (Song) [2:03]
18. They All Laughed (Dance) [4:35]
19. Shots in the Dark [2:37]
20. Management's Compliments [2:48]
21. How About Those Pictures? [3:55]
22. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off [6:01]
23. Grounds for Divorce [2:39]
24. Lady Denise Arrives [1:53]
25. They Can't Take That Away From Me [3:41]
26. Key to Happiness [3:28]
27. Ladies out the Door [3:28]
28. A Merger [2:28]
29. Cecil's Jail Spell [4:10]
30. Shall We Dance (Ballet) [7:47]
31. Shall We Dance (Song) [3:09]
32. Finale and Cast List [1:09]

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The seventh of RKO's Fred Astaire--Ginger Rogers musicals, Shall We Dance casts Astaire as a world-renowned ballet dancer and Rogers as a musical comedy headliner. Rogers' manager Jerome Cowan concocts a phony romance between his client and Astaire in order to garner publicity for them both. Eventually, of course, the twosome falls in love for real, but not before a cornucopia of confusion, complications and misunderstandings. Highlights include a number performed on roller skates and Astaire's dance solo in the art-deco boiler room of an ocean liner. The George and Ira Gershwin score (their last for Astaire and Rogers) includes "Slap That Bass," "Beginner's Luck," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They All Laughed," "They Can't Take That Away From Me," and the title number. Shall We Dance was slated as the last of the Fred-and-Ginger romps, but within a year they were together again in Carefree. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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August 15, 2003: ''Shall We Dance'' is my personal favorite of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films. It includes many wonderful numbers such as ''Slap That Bass'' Astaire's solo in a ship's art deco boiler room, ''Let's Call the Whole Thing Off'' danced by Astaire and Rogers on roller skates, and ''They All Laughed'' sung by Rogers and danced by she and Astaire. Astaire plays the Russian ballet's greatest dancing star, Petrov (a.k.a Peter P. Peters). He is being chased by a very persistant woman, and so tells his manager to get rid of her. The manager makes up a story about Peter being married to the celebrity Linda Keene (Rogers). After many mix-ups and much-unwanted publicity, Peter and Linda decide to actually get married so they can get a divorce and end the whole thing. The real trouble comes, though, when they fall in love. This movie is very funny, very enjoyable, and well worth the watching.

This review was written about the VHS edition.