Shall We Dance (1937)

Fred Astaire: Peter P. Peters aka Petrov

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• Newsboy : [shouting]  Petrov and Keene: secret marriage!

  Peter P. Peters : We're the only two people in New York who don't think we're married.

  Linda Keene : Think? I know we're not.

  Peter P. Peters : I'm beginning to have my doubts.

• Peter P. Peters : I told you, I haven't even met her. But I'd kinda like to marry her... I think I will.

• Peter P. Peters aka Petrov : Isn't it wonderful being here tonight like this, still on the same boat together.

  Linda Keene : Oh, I seldom change boats mid ocean.

• Jeffrey Baird : [after finding Peter tap-dancing]  What were you doing?

  Peter P. Peters : Oh, just having fun.

  Jeffrey Baird : The great Petrov doesn't dance for fun!

  Peter P. Peters : Maybe not, but I do. Pete Peters, remember me?

  Jeffrey Baird : Oh, that awful name of yours!

  Peter P. Peters : I dunno, I kinda like it! Peter P. Peters, Philadelphia, PA.

  [Does short dance step] 

  Jeffrey Baird : How do you make that exasperating noise? What have you got on those shoes?

  Peter P. Peters : Taps.

  Jeffrey Baird : Taps! On your ballet shoes!

  Peter P. Peters : Aw, but Jeff, I haven't neglected anything! Observe! The Entrechat Trois!

  [Does ballet step] 

  Jeffrey Baird : Lovely! Beautiful!

  Peter P. Peters : But how much more effective it is this way!

  [Does tap variation on ballet step] 

• Peter P. Peters aka Petrov : I'll admit the charge and plead an extension on my extreme youth.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  But oh, if we call the whole thing off, then we must part. And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  You say either and I say eyether. You say neither and I say nyther. Either, eyether, neither, nyther. Let's call the whole thing off.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  So, if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas, I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyjahmas. For we know we need each other, so we better call the calling off off. Oh, let's call the whole thing off.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  Things have come to a pretty pass. Our romance is growing flat. 'Cause you like this and the other, while I go for this and that. Goodness knows what the end will be. Oh, I don't know where I'm at. It's plain to see we two will never make one. Something must be done.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  You like potato and I like potahto. You like tomato and I like tomahto. Potato, potahto, tomato, tomahto! Oh, let's call the whole thing off.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  We may never, never meet again, on the bumpy road to love. But I'll always, always keep the memory of the way you hold your knife. The way we danced till three. The way you changed my life. No, no, they can't take that away from me.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  The way your smile just beams. The way you sing off key. The way you haunt my dreams. No, no, they can't take that away from me.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note. Though by tomorrow, you're gone, the song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on.

• Peter P. Peters : [singing]  They may take you from me. I'll miss your fond caress. But though they take you from me, I'll still possess the way you wear your hat. The way you sip your tea. The memory of all that. Oh, no, they can't take that away from me.