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Follow the Fleet

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Follow the Fleet (1936)

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Reviews Counted: 8

Fresh: 6

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: When he is rejected by his lady love, a song-and-dance man enlists in the navy. The estranged couple later meet again and join forces to solve the romantic difficulties of another star-crossed... When he is rejected by his lady love, a song-and-dance man enlists in the navy. The estranged couple later meet again and join forces to solve the romantic difficulties of another star-crossed pair. An Astaire-Rogers musical featuring some of Irving Berlin's best songs including: "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Let Yourself Go," "We Saw the Sea." Typical but delightful. [More]

Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard

Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Lucille Ball, Betty Grable, Tony Martin

Director: Mark Sandrich

Director: Mark Sandrich
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Screenwriter: Dwight Taylor, Allan Scott
Composer: Irving Berlin

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  • All hands on deck! In the fifth of 10 Astaire/Rogers pairings, Fred trades his top hat for a sailor's cap, Randolph Scott gets the girl (pre-Nelson Harriet Hilliard), Ginger gets a tap solo and viewers get the unending delight of seven sparkling Irving Berlin numbers, including Let Yourself Go, We Saw the Sea, the Duo's zany I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket skit and their sublimely powerful Let's Face the Music and Dance.
  • Astaire is Bake Baker, a hoofer now given to stepping a sailor's horn-pipe while he and other swabbies patrol the seas for democracy. Rogers is his former partner Sherry, now convoying the Navy around a ballroom for 10 cents a dance. But one day the fleet returns to home port. Bake again meets Sherry, and the partnership is renewed at least for one more show. In small early-career roles, look for a very blond Lucille Ball and a very young Betty Grable.
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    It was fun to see western star Randolph Scott garbed in a sailor's uniform and acting like an old salt.

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    Burdened with a dull plot but blessed with a rousing Irving Berlin score.

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    Not Fred and Ginger's best, but great Irving Berlin songs and dances

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