Shall We Dance

With a fluff plot that's sillier than usual, Shall We Dance marks the one and only time the brothers Gershwin wrote a score for an Astaire/ Rogers musical. Fred was certainly no stranger to George and Ira, they had written... Full review

Considered a lesser Astaire-Rogers starring vehicle this slim-plotted musical is still a delight thanks to 3 great Gershwin songs: They Can't Take That Away from Me, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, and They All Laughed. Slap That Brass isn't... Full review

This is undoubtedly one of the best that Fred and Giner made at RKO in glorious black and white and it's singular inasmuch that one is able to wallow in the melodic melodies and literate lyrics whilst simultaneously marvelling at... Full review

Mark Sandrich's Shall We Dance (1937) is a tad heavy in the schmaltz department, particularly as it casts Astaire as the most unlikely of ballet stars, Pete Petrov Peters. Smitten with lovely musical star, Linda Keene (Rogers), Pete makes passage... Full review

Astaire plays ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters who falls for Rogers (Linda Keene).He arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as Rogers and along the way he sings and dances and they dance together. Edward Everett Horton plays... Full review

Perhaps the best number in this is Fred and Ginger's dance 'n tap on roller-skates, but the terrific Gershwin score helps a lot (including 'Let's Call The Whole Thing Off', 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and several others).... Full review

It was a delight to come across the movie on DVD. 'Shall We Dance' was the only Fred and Ginger movie of 1937 and didn't do as well as previous efforts, making less than half a million dollars profit at... Full review

SHALL WE DANCE (RKO Radio, 1937), directed by Mark Sandrich, which reunites Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for the seventh time on the musical screen, ventures them into a new world of dance, the art of ballet. But while the... Full review

As a classic movie buff,I can honestly say that this is one of the greatest movies Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire ever made together. The story line is light, however, you must remember that this movie was made in the... Full review

This film (one of the better ones Astaire and Rogers did) probably doesn't get quite the praise it merits because Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee are so widely praised (rightly so). But this movie is equally well executed and... Full review

Once back on dry land, Shall We Dance has an equally memorable dance on roller skates in Central Park. The show-stopping ballet number billboards Harriet Hoctor's amazingly painful-looking toe dancing specialty. ... Full Review

Nancy Nelson with Jerry Vezza and Hal Slapin . When: 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday. Where: Shanghai Jazz, 24 Main St., Madison. How much: $41.95, includes Mother's Day dinner. ... Full Article

Who is who and who cares? Theres a Horton who hears a who, Edward Everett Horton, playing Russian ballet dancer Petrovs (Fred Astaire) exasperated manager, Jeffrey Baird, completely bonkers over the sudden news that Petrov, a.k.a Peter P. Peters, is... ... Full Article

You can see them juxtaposed in the Brattle Theatres marvelous week-long series Shall We Dance?: Starring Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly, which serves up a bakers dozen of their movies. ... Full Article

If ``Shall We Dance?'' were choreographed, it would be more of a waltz than a jitterbug. An offbeat comedy about ballroom dancing in Japan, it invites comparison with Australia's ``Strictly Ballroom.'' Both, for instance, culminate in one of those grand ... Full Article

Chrissy Coughlin's "Look Ahead" is a pleasant discovery, offering to take listeners on an insightful, soul-bearing emotional journey that reflects the bumpy road we sometimes come across in life. ... Full Article