Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – Fred & Ginger in Shall We Dance 1937

“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off“ (a comic musical number from the 1937 film `Shall We Dance’): Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers sing alternate verses of Ira Gershwin’s famous lyrics before embarking on a partnered comic tap dance using roller skates on an ice-rink. Fred uses the circular form of the rink to introduce a variation of the ``oompah-trot’’ he and his sister Adele had made famous in vaudeville. In a further dig at ballet, the pair strike an arabesque pose just prior to toppling onto the grass.