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Lew Crippen · 05-11-2008, 08:23 AM

Miss Keene are you Mrs. Petrov? Or should I say, Mrs. Petrov are you Miss Keene?

About as weighty a question as is ever asked in Shall we Dance, a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire, lightweight vehicle of 1937. The plot is what one expects, but the movie is worth watching for a couple of the dance sequences (especially the one on roller skates), some of the sets (the ship’s engine room is noteworthy) and a couple of the Gershwin tunes. The only reason this movie is on the AFI list, is due to the song, ’They Can’t Take That Away From Me’. This standard is almost a throwaway in the movie, even though it is placed at a critical point in the plot.

A solid, if overlong and not top-shelf entry in the Rogers/Astaire legacy.

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Lew Crippen Member Location: Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexíco Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 03:44 AM Local Date: 07-09-2008 Posts: 11,282	Re: AFI 100 Years Series Discussion & Challenges, vol. 2 Miss Keene are you Mrs. Petrov? Or should I say, Mrs. Petrov are you Miss Keene? About as weighty a question as is ever asked in Shall we Dance, a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire, lightweight vehicle of 1937. The plot is what one expects, but the movie is worth watching for a couple of the dance sequences (especially the one on roller skates), some of the sets (the ship’s engine room is noteworthy) and a couple of the Gershwin tunes. The only reason this movie is on the AFI list, is due to the song, ’They Can’t Take That Away From Me’. This standard is almost a throwaway in the movie, even though it is placed at a critical point in the plot. A solid, if overlong and not top-shelf entry in the Rogers/Astaire legacy. ¡Time is not my master! Last edited by Lew Crippen : 05-13-2008 at 12:09 PM.