Shall we dance [videorecording] / RKO Radio Pictures Inc. presents ; directed by Mark Sandrich ; screenplay by Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano ; adaptation by P.J. Wolfson ; a Pandro S. Berman production.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: T7255 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2005]Edition: Standard formatDescription: 1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780650743
- 9780780650749
- Shall we dance (Motion picture : 1937).
- Photographed by David Abel ; edited by William Hamilton ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; musical director, Nathaniel Shilkret ; ballet staged by Hermes Pan and Harry Losee.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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, Rovi
"Turner Entertainment Co." -- Disc label.
Based on the story: Watch your step / by Lee Loeb and Harold Buchman.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1937.
Special features (44 min.): optional audio commentary by songwriter Hugh Martin & pianist Kevin Cole; "The music from 'Shall we dance'" featurette (c2005, 16 min.); "Sheik to sheik" musical short (c1936, 22 min.); "Toy Town Hall" cartoon (c1936, 6 min.).
Photographed by David Abel ; edited by William Hamilton ; music by George Gershwin ; lyrics by Ira Gershwin ; musical director, Nathaniel Shilkret ; ballet staged by Hermes Pan and Harry Losee.
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, William Brisbane, Ann Shoemaker, Harriet Hoctor.
A male ballet dancer and a female singer enter into a phony romance to generate publicity for their careers.
Not rated by the MPAA.
DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital mono.
Closed-captioned.
In English; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.