Shall We Dance (1937 film)

Shall We Dance
theatrical release poster
Directed byMark Sandrich
Screenplay by
Story byLee Loeb
Harold Buchman
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyDavid Abel
Joseph F. Biroc
Edited byWilliam Hamilton
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • May 7, 1937 (1937-05-07) (U.S.)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 a Russian-imposter 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.