We Were Dancing

1942 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Movie film Q4018688
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We Were Dancing

Summary

We Were Dancing is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Were Dancing's image is recorded as Norma Shearer in We Were Dancing trailer.jpg[3].
  • We Were Dancing's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • We Were Dancing's director is recorded as Robert Z. Leonard[5].
  • We Were Dancing's screenwriter is recorded as George Froeschel[6].
  • We Were Dancing's composer is recorded as Bronisław Kaper[7].
  • We Were Dancing's genre is recorded as romantic comedy[8].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Norma Shearer[9].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Melvyn Douglas[10].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Gail Patrick[11].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Lee Bowman[12].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Marjorie Main[13].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Reginald Owen[14].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Florence Bates[15].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Nella Walker[16].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Russell Hicks[17].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Mary Forbes[18].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Alan Mowbray[19].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Gino Corrado[20].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Ava Gardner[21].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Bryant Washburn[22].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Connie Gilchrist[23].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Heather Thatcher[24].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Norma Varden[25].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Duncan Renaldo[26].
  • We Were Dancing's cast member is recorded as Douglas Wood[27].

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Authorship and Creation

We Were Dancing's producer is recorded as Robert Z. Leonard[28]. Its director is recorded as Robert Z. Leonard[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as George Froeschel[6]. Cast members include Norma Shearer[9], Melvyn Douglas[10], Gail Patrick[11], Lee Bowman[12], Marjorie Main[13], and Reginald Owen[14].

Publication

We Were Dancing's publication date is recorded as +1942-04-30T00:00:00Z[29]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Its genre is recorded as romantic comedy[8].

Why It Matters

We Were Dancing ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date +1942-04-30T00:00:00Z
    Country of origin
    Composer Bronisław Kaper
    Film editor George Boemler
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