Follow the Fleet (1936)
When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Mark Sandrich
Written By: Dwight Taylor, Allan Scott, Hubert Osborne
Starring: Randolph Scott, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Russell Hicks, Fred Astaire, Astrid Allwyn, Brooks Benedict, Harriet Nelson, Frank Moran
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Musical
Franchise: Astaire/Rogers
Country: USA
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Follow the Fleet belongs to 12 collections
1. Netflix Instant (collaborative: moderated by somnivore - 29 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. Dance (collaborative: moderated by Dorkovsky - 10 stars)
4. Film Titles That Are Complete Sentences (collaborative: moderated by MacSwell - 7 stars)
5. Djross musical or dance movie of the year (public: djross - 2 stars)
6. Hollywood Musicals: Year By Year (public: djross - 2 stars)
7. Irving Berlin (composer) (collaborative: moderated by djross - 1 star)
8. Djross best dance movies (public: djross - 1 star)
9. Djross best musicals (public: djross - 1 star)
10. Female Dancing (Without Nudity) (collaborative)
11. Films financed partly by DoD (collaborative: moderated by Roman_Herbom)
12. Djross musicals I've seen (public: djross)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Jun 29, 2013 | PUNQ | 50 78th |
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Yeah, we know Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers are cute together! But do they have to make that the entire point of the movie?! Some enchanting story would have been nice. Even a half-hearted one! And not just a random backdrop with the navy. This is all Astaire & Ginger dancing & singing. Over and over! The tunes are catchy and the dancing, no one is going to criticize Astaire's dancing! EVER! So that part of it was very good, and thankfully it was, because that's all there was to this happy movie.
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| Dec 22, 2012 |  |
bellamyr | 82 67th |
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Bright, entertaining, certainly dated but with some of Irvin Berlin's best numbers and some classic Estaire/Rogers numbers this is well worth watching.
Plot is very weak - to the point of being transparent, but thats not the point of the film - some amazing dance, music and a surprising amount of humour make up for it. - 'Face the music' is a must-see.
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| Mar 31, 2012 |  |
SlantMag | 30 78th |
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"Burdened with a dull plot but blessed with a rousing Irving Berlin score." - Dan Callahan
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| Jul 16, 2010 |  |
Stain | 100 95th |
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The best of the Fred & Ginger musicals
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| Apr 12, 2010 |  |
billkerwin | 78 35th |
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The story is weak even by Astaire-Rogers screenplay standards, and Scott and Harriet Hilliard (later of "Ozzie and Harriet") don't contribute much. Only one first-rate Berlin tune: "Let's Face the Music and Dance."
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| Mar 25, 2010 |  |
Luna6ix | 76 57th |
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a couple good dance numbers, and only one good song. the plot here is better than some astaire movies, but it's nothing special either. the biggest problem with this one is that astaire and rogers do numerous dance routines where there should have been tap dancing, but wasn't.
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| May 30, 2009 |  |
JooJoo | 4 55th |
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A few deviations in the Sandrich formula, some work [Gingers solo], others don't [music numbers without Gingers/Astaire]. The story borders on useless as usual, but this has two of my favorite dance sequences I've yet seen.
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| Apr 07, 2008 |  |
paulofilmo | 76 96th |
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
djross | 82 93rd |
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Extra points just for "Let's Face the Music and Dance".
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| Average Percentile 57.77% from 110 Ratings |  |