Review of Shall We Dance (1937) by Jennifer F — 22 Nov 2007

This is my favorite Astaire and Rogers movie. It has a cute plot and some of my favorite songs that they did.

This review of Shall We Dance (1937) was written by Jennifer F on 22 Nov 2007.

Shall We Dance has generally received positive reviews.

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By Justin R (1,063) on 28 Sep 2008

Enjoyable, good music, good dancing, good fun. Not a big fan of some of the ballet stuff, but whatever. I also liked Top Hat a little better…

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