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Follow the Fleet
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6.8When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister, Connie. But it's not all smooth sailing—Bake has a habit of losing Sherry's jobs for her and, despite Connie's dreams, Bilge is not ready to settle down.
Released: 1936-02-20110 minDir: Mark SandrichComedy, RomanceBudget: $747,000Box office: $2.7M
Cast
- Fred Astaire as Bake Baker
- Ginger Rogers as Sherry Martin
- Randolph Scott as Bilge Smith
- Harriet Nelson as Connie Martin
- Astrid Allwyn as Iris Manning
- Betty Grable as Singer in Trio
Themes
- dancing
- navy
- san francisco, california
- show business
- musical
- tap dancing
- u.s. navy
- based on play or musical
- remake
- ballroom dancing
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
4,954 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mark Sandrich
- Screenwriter
- Allan Scott
- Cast member
- Harry Beresford
- Composer
- Irving Berlin
- Producer
- Pandro S. Berman
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- David Abel
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110748
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Follow the Fleet (1936) trailer 5.jpg
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- Commons category
- Follow the Fleet (film)
- publication date
- 1936-01-01
- title
- Follow the Fleet
- color
- black-and-white
- choreographer
- Hermes Pan
- production designer
- Van Nest Polglase
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 83%
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