Shall We Dance (1937)
Shall We Dance is a delightful Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical that promises, and delivers, pure escapism during the Great Depression. Fred plays a famous dancer who falls in love with a photograph of Ginger. He tries to impress her with his public image: a Russian perfectionist. “Ochi chornye!” he shouts in greeting. I’m in stiches every time I see him burst through her door, but Ginger isn’t impressed.
When they next meet on a cruise ship, he’s able to show her his regular self: a laid back, charming American. Their publicity agents, Edward Everett Horton and Jerome Cowan, try to cook up a romance, but will it turn into something more than newspaper tabloids? Obviously, we all know the answer, but it’s a whole lot of fun watching the journey to the predictable ending. We get to see Fred and Ginger dance on roller skates (the advent normally gets credited to Gene Kelly, but they did it first), and a large ballet rounds out the usual tap and ballroom numbers.
Some famous Gershwin tunes can be found in this movie, so if you’ve seen Top Hat too many times and want something new, check out Shall We Dance. “(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck” is an innocent romance song guaranteed to put a smile on your face. “They All Laughed” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” are casual but classic, and it’s great fun to see them in their original form. Finally, the iconic “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” is also from this movie. We’ve come to know that as one of Fred and Ginger’s anthems because it was repeated in The Barkleys of Broadway, and it’s very sweet to see them sing it in their youthful heyday.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When they’re walking the dogs on the ship, the camera pans back and forth and follows their feet. Also, when Fred sways back and forth to make Edward feel dizzy, it might have the same effect on the audience, and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
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When they next meet on a cruise ship, he’s able to show her his regular self: a laid back, charming American. Their publicity agents, Edward Everett Horton and Jerome Cowan, try to cook up a romance, but will it turn into something more than newspaper tabloids? Obviously, we all know the answer, but it’s a whole lot of fun watching the journey to the predictable ending. We get to see Fred and Ginger dance on roller skates (the advent normally gets credited to Gene Kelly, but they did it first), and a large ballet rounds out the usual tap and ballroom numbers.
Some famous Gershwin tunes can be found in this movie, so if you’ve seen Top Hat too many times and want something new, check out Shall We Dance. “(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck” is an innocent romance song guaranteed to put a smile on your face. “They All Laughed” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” are casual but classic, and it’s great fun to see them in their original form. Finally, the iconic “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” is also from this movie. We’ve come to know that as one of Fred and Ginger’s anthems because it was repeated in The Barkleys of Broadway, and it’s very sweet to see them sing it in their youthful heyday.
DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When they’re walking the dogs on the ship, the camera pans back and forth and follows their feet. Also, when Fred sways back and forth to make Edward feel dizzy, it might have the same effect on the audience, and that will make you sick. In other words, “Don’t Look, Mom!”
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Juhi Thaker" for posting!
More Fred Astaire movies here!