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SHALL WE DANCE? [film]

Title

SHALL WE DANCE? [film]

Release Date

1937

Genre

film

Production and Recordings Information

1937(?) record sung by Ira Gershwin, lyricist. PIANO: Harold Arlen. "Hi-Ho" (dropped before release) (ALB-286)

1937 medley by Louis Levy Orch. VOCALS: Janet Lind, Gerry Fitzgerald. (78/HMV(E) BD-435)

1937 medley by pianists John Green & Dave Terry. (78/Bruns 7892, ALB-1386)

1937 medley by Savoy Hotel Orpheans. COND: Carroll Gibbons. (78/Col(E) FB-1704)

Records by members of orig cast. MUSIC: George Gershwin. WORDS: Ira Gershwin. Fred Astaire: "Slap That Bass" (1937: 78/Bruns 7856, ALB-19, ALB-23, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-1095, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1517, ALB-1555, ALB-1573, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) "They All Laughed" (1937: 78/Bruns 7856, ALB-23, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1266, ALB-1464, ALB-1573, ALB-1601, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) (1952: ALB-125, ALB-358, ALB-648) (1958: ALB-108, ALB-1158) (1976: ALB-429) "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1937: 78/Bruns 7855, ALB-23, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-935, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1266, ALB-1464, ALB-1527, ALB-1573, ALB-1601, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) (1937, radio: ALB-815, ALB-1517) (1952: ALB-125, ALB-358, ALB-648, ALB-1145, ALB-1423) (1958: ALB-108, ALB-1158) (1976: ALB-429) "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off: (1937: 78/Bruns 7857, ALB-23, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1266, ALB-1464, ALB-1555, ALB-1573, ALB-1601, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) (1952: ALB-125, ALB-358, ALB-567, ALB-648, ALB-1145) "I've Got Beginner's Luck" (1937: 78/Bruns 7855, ALB-208, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-1095, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1266, ALB-1555, ALB-1573, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) "Shall We Dance?" (1937: 78/Bruns 7857, ALB-208, ALB-215, ALB-277, ALB-803, ALB-1176, ALB-1189, ALB-1229, ALB-1517, ALB-1555, ALB-1573, ALB-1601, ALB-1656, ALB-1687, ALB-2092) Ginger Rogers: "They All Laughed," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (1965: ALB-325) (1976: ALB-654) (1978: ALB-624)

Soundtrack. COND: Nathaniel Shilkret. CAST: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Mantan Moreland, chorus. (EMI(E) EMTC-102, with Top Hat; CD/Promo Sound(I) 60042, with Top Hat; CD/Sandy Hook CDSH-2028, with Swing Time; ALB-1690; plus Orchestra: "Walking the Dog" (ALB-654, ALB-1765, ALB-1966). Excerpts: Main Title (ALB-1966) Astaire: "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (ALB-1176, ALB-1765, ALB-1826, ALB-1867) "Slap That Bass," "I've Got Beginner's Luck" (ALB-1176, ALB-1765, ALB-1826, ALB-1867, ALB-1966) "Shall We Dance?" (ALB-1176, ALB-1765, ALB-1826, ALB-1966) Astaire, Rogers: "Shall We Dance - Finale" (ALB-1176, ALB-1826, ALB-1966) "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (ALB-1176, ALB-1627, ALB-1765, ALB-1826, ALB-1867, ALB-1966) Rogers: "They All Laughed" (ALB-1765, ALB-1826, ALB-1867, ALB-1966).)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.1937-4

Last Updated: 08-23-2012