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En suivant la flotte

Original title: Follow the Fleet
  • 1936
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  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.9K
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En suivant la flotte (1936)
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ComedyMusicalRomance

A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.

  • Director
    • Mark Sandrich
  • Writers
    • Dwight Taylor
    • Allan Scott
    • Hubert Osborne
  • Stars
    • Fred Astaire
    • Ginger Rogers
    • Randolph Scott
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    4.9K
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    • Director
      • Mark Sandrich
    • Writers
      • Dwight Taylor
      • Allan Scott
      • Hubert Osborne
    • Stars
      • Fred Astaire
      • Ginger Rogers
      • Randolph Scott
    • 78User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Fred Astaire
    Fred Astaire
    • Bake Baker
    Ginger Rogers
    Ginger Rogers
    • Sherry Martin
    Randolph Scott
    Randolph Scott
    • Bilge Smith
    Harriet Nelson
    Harriet Nelson
    • Connie Martin
    • (as Harriet Hilliard)
    Astrid Allwyn
    Astrid Allwyn
    • Mrs. Iris Manning
    Betty Grable
    Betty Grable
    • Singer in Trio
    Harry Beresford
    Harry Beresford
    • Captain Hickey
    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    • Jim Nolan
    Brooks Benedict
    Brooks Benedict
    • David Sullivan
    Ray Mayer
    • Dopey Williams
    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    • Kitty Collins
    Jean Acker
    Jean Acker
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Alexander
    Richard Alexander
    • Paradise Ballroom Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Constance Bergen
    Constance Bergen
    • Ticket Seller
    • (uncredited)
    Frederic Blanchard
    • Captain Jones
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Deck Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Phyllis Brooks
    Phyllis Brooks
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Brower
    Tom Brower
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mark Sandrich
    • Writers
      • Dwight Taylor
      • Allan Scott
      • Hubert Osborne
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    7claudio_carvalho

    Sappy, Naive and Delightful

    The dancer Bake Baker (Fred Astaire) has joined the navy to forget his former partner and love Sherry Martin (Ginger Rogers) that has declined to marry him, but he misses her. Now his ship is anchored in San Francisco and he goes with his pal, the sergeant Bilge Smith (Randolph Scott), to the Paradise nightclub.

    Meanwhile at Paradise, the intellectual teacher Connie Martin (Harriet Hilliard), who has just come from Bellport, visits her sister Sherry that is working there and she stumbles with Bilge at the entrance. She goes to Sherry's dress room and her sister produces Connie with a new dress and make-up, changing her old-fashioned style to a modern look. Sherry meets Bake in the joint and they rekindle their love, and Bake decides to get a better job for Sherry. Meanwhile Connie is infatuated with Bilge, but he is not ready to commit to marriage.

    When Bake returns to the vessel, he is ordered to sail and leaves Sherry unemployed without any notice. Meanwhile Connie repairs a salvage to give her to Bilge after their wedding. However, Bilge is dating the divorced and wealthy Mrs. Iris Manning (Astrid Allwyn) and is not ready to settle down. When Sherry has an audition with New York theatrical producer Jim Nolan (Russell Hicks) and is ready to sign a contract with him, Bake arrives in the office and overhears that a girl will sign a contract with Nolan without knowing that she is Sherry. He decides to sabotage her audition with bicarbonate soda. But sooner their misunderstandings resolve and they dance together again.

    Like most of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films, "Follow the Fleet" is sappy, naive and delightful. The story is a silly romance, but supported by funny gags and wonderful musical numbers.

    The blonde Harriet Hilliard makes fun with blondes in her debut in a feature. The sabotage of Bake Baker with bicarbonate soda is hilarious. And Bake Baker luring Mrs. Manning and Bilge Smith in her apartment is also very funny. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Nas Águas da Esquadra" ("In the Fleet's Waters")
    kerrym3

    Final dance number is unforgettable.

    Although I enjoyed seeing Harriet Hilliard and Lucille Ball as other characters than Desi's "Lucy" and Ozzie's "Harriet", I would be happy to just watch the final dance number over and over and never see the rest of the movie--it's hauntingly beautiful and the most touching I've ever seen.

    It's not just a dance number! With body language alone they act out a very emotional, but unspoken drama.
    7blanche-2

    a little long, but some beautiful dancing

    Had this film been put together a tad better, it would be up there with the best of Astaire and Rogers. As it is, it's a fine movie but overly long with a tedious subplot, i.e., Randolph Scott romancing Rogers' sister, played by Harriet Hilliard (that's Ozzie Nelson's wife to you baby boomers).

    Astaire and Scott are two Navy men. Scott meets Hilliard the first time when she looks like a stereotypical librarian, and later on after Ginger Rogers has asked her friend (a blond but unmistakable Lucille Ball) to glamor her up.

    Meanwhile, Astaire tries to pick up where he and his old dancing partner left off. The result is some wonderful dance numbers, with Astaire and Rogers as a team as well as separately: "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket," "Let Yourself Go," and "I'd Rather Lead the Band."

    Hilliard is sweet but a little lethargic as a plain Jane turned glamor girl, although she sings her two songs well, "But Where Are You?" and "Get Thee Behind Me, Satan" - one poster didn't care for that song, but I love the title. Rogers is vivacious, and a youthful Astaire is a dynamo.

    The highlight of the movie comes at the end with "Let's Face the Music and Dance," one of the most achingly beautiful songs ever written and certainly one of the most brilliantly executed by Rogers and Astaire. In it, they epitomize '30s glamor and fantasy. It is truly to be treasured and watched again and again.
    8Monica4937

    We joined the navy to see the world! And what did we see? We saw the sea...

    This is my all-time favorite Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. The dialogue between the two is so cute and funny and very clever. Not to mention this film contains some of the best songs recorded by the two; like I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket and Let's Face the Music and Dance. If I remember correctly, this was the film that introduced me to Fred Astaire so I suppose because of that it will always hold a special place in my heart (sorry for the sentimental cr*p but I'm woman so get over it)All in all this film gets an 8/10 from me. The choreography was superb and also the fact that Lucille Ball is in it makes it even more awesome.
    9bkoganbing

    Fred, you didn't tell me Ginger had a sister?

    Musically speaking Irving Berlin gave Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers another pluperfect musical after Top Hat if that was possible. Although in this case like that Jerome Kern confection Roberta that they were in, Follow the Fleet retained Randolph Scott with another singer, this time Harriet Hilliard.

    Randolph Scott is a career Navy CPO and Fred Astaire is an ex-vaudevillian who enlisted in the Navy to forget Ginger Rogers his former partner. But now the two are on shore leave. Fred and Ginger take up right where they left off, and Randy accidentally meets Ginger's dowdy sister Harriet who blossoms into a real beauty. But Randy's a typical love 'em and leave 'em sailor.

    Again Irving Berlin wrote a hit filled score with him tightly supervising the production. Ginger gets to do some really outstanding vocalizing with Let Yourself Go which she and Fred later dance to. But the real hit of the show is Let's Face the Music and Dance which is a number done at a Navy show. Sung first by Astaire and later danced to by the pair, Let's Face the Music and Dance is one of the great romantic numbers ever written for the screen. Their dancing on this one is absolute magic.

    I'm sure that when I mention Harriet Hilliard a few younger people might ask who that was. But they will know immediately when I mention her in conjunction with her famous husband Ozzie Nelson. That's right Ozzie and Harriet. It's something of a mystery to me why Harriet stopped singing when she just became David and Ricky's mom on television. Then again she didn't even keep her own name.

    Neither Ozzie or Harriet sang on television. Ozzie was a pale imitation of Rudy Vallee as a singer, but Harriet could really carry a tune. She sings Get Thee Behind Me Satan and The Moon and I Are Here, But Where Are You, both with real feeling and class. I recommend you see Follow the Fleet if for no other reason than to hear a dimension of Harriet Hilliard incredibly forgotten today.

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    • Trivia
      During the fight scene between Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott, Astaire - not skilled in movie fight scenes - accidentally bloodied Scott's nose; Astaire was mortified, but Scott remained pointedly nonchalant.
    • Quotes

      Sherry Martin: Look, why don't you let me try to fix you up? You'll be amazed how much better it will make you feel.

      Connie Martin: Even though I'm not a blonde, I could be dumb, couldn't I?

      Sherry Martin: And you'll probably do all right too. It takes a lot of brains to be dumb.

    • Connections
      Featured in Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      We Saw the Sea
      (uncredited)

      Written by Irving Berlin

      Played during the opening credits

      Performed by Fred Astaire and chorus

      [Also played as dance music]

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 1936 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Follow the Fleet
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $747,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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