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Shall We Dance

1937 film by Mark Sandrich
Movie film Q1576105
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Summary

Shall We Dance is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shall We Dance's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Shall We Dance was directed by Mark Sandrich[4].
  • Allan Scott wrote the screenplay for Shall We Dance[5].
  • Shall We Dance's composer is recorded as George Gershwin[6].
  • Shall We Dance's genre is romantic comedy[7].
  • Shall We Dance's genre is musical film[8].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Fred Astaire[9].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Ginger Rogers[10].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Eric Blore[11].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Edward Everett Horton[12].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Harriet Hoctor[13].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Ben Alexander[14].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Charlie Hall[15].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Sam Harris[16].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Leonard Mudie[17].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Mary Stewart[18].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Richard Tucker[19].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Ketti Gallian[20].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Rolfe Sedan[21].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Ann Shoemaker[22].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Charles Pearce Coleman[23].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Jean De Briac[24].
  • A cast member of Shall We Dance was Jerome Cowan[25].
  • Shall We Dance was produced by Pandro S. Berman[26].
  • Shall We Dance's production company is recorded as RKO Pictures[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a336a759-b4fc-47e3-bc4b-c9d7a3c916f3[29]

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Authorship and Creation

Shall We Dance was produced by Pandro S. Berman[26]. It was directed by Mark Sandrich[4]. Allan Scott wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Fred Astaire[9], Ginger Rogers[10], Eric Blore[11], Edward Everett Horton[12], Harriet Hoctor[13], and Ben Alexander[14].

Publication

Shall We Dance was published on January 1, 1937[30]. The original language of it was English[31]. Genres include romantic comedy[7] and musical film[8]. It was distributed by video on demand[32].

Reception

Reviews include 7/10[33] and 89%[34].

Why It Matters

Shall We Dance ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (355 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

film Fred Astaire George Gershwin Ginger Rogers Netflix New York City RKO Pictures United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . cinematografo.it. Retrieved . cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · 2pattywhack27 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'hr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', '
    Film poster → Shall We Dance (RKO Radio, 1937) poster.jpg
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 29546
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv spielfilm film id → 1303237
    Filmová databáze film id → 15598
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  4. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Van Nest Polglase
    Publication date → +1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Allan Scott
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+109'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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