abstract:"They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire.
Even by December of 1988, when she told her mother, Ruth, and her sisters and friends that she thought she was probably in her eighth month, theyalllaughed at her, found it hard to believe she was that far along, teased her mercilessly about her size or, more precisely, about her lack of size.