Shall We Dance (1937 film)

Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance
	theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Screenplay by	Allan Scott; Ernest Pagano;
Story by	Lee Loeb; Harold Buchman
Produced by	Pandro S. Berman
Starring	Fred Astaire; Ginger Rogers;
Cinematography	David Abel; Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	William Hamilton
Music by	George Gershwin (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics);
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	May 7, 1937 (U.S.);
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$991,000
Box office	$2,168,000

Shall We Dance is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It is the seventh of the ten Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films. The story follows an American ballet dancer (Astaire) who falls in love with a tap dancer (Rogers); the tabloid press concocts a story of their marriage, after which life imitates art. George Gershwin wrote the symphonic underscore and Ira Gershwin the lyrics, for their second Hollywood musical.

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