Follow the Fleet

  • Fred Astaire: Bake Baker
  • Ginger Rogers: Sherry Martin
  • Randolph Scott: Bilge Smith
  • Harriet Hilliard: Connie Martin
  • Astrid Allwyn: Mrs. Iris Manning
  • Betty Grable: Singer in Trio
  • Harry Beresford: Captain Hickey
  • Russell Hicks: Jim Nolan
  • Brooks Benedict: David Sullivan
  • Ray Mayer: Dopey Williams
  • Lucille Ball: Kitty Collins
  • Doris Lloyd: Mrs. Courtney

Navy against lovesickness ( in the original Follow the Fleet ) is an American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich from the year 1936. The screenplay is based on the stage play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. The premiere took place in Germany on 13 April 1973 at the German television ( Bayerischer Rundfunk ) instead. The original version was broadcast with German subtitles. A dubbed version was first shown on 17 October 1985 at ZDF.

Action

Bake Baker and Sherry are a dance revue couple that has broken up. Baker went to the Navy, while Sherry is made ​​in a dance hall. With his comrades bilge Baker visited the ballroom. While Baker and Sherry dance again together, bilge feeling of Sherry's sister Connie tightened. But when Connie brings the speech at wedding, she repels bilge. He now turns a divorced celebrities, Iris, a friend of Sherry.

The two sailors are returning to their ship. Connie tries to raise money to save her late father, a captain the ship, before dismantling. Back in San Francisco tries Baker, Sherry to procure a job in a Broadway show. But misunderstandings and confusion prevent Bakers intent. Baker staged a benefit show, providing the missing $ 700 for the rehabilitation of Connie ship. In addition, Baker and Sherry received an offer for a Broadway show. Both decide to reappear.

Reviews

" The insignificant and constructed action is merely hanging on the outstanding performances Fred Astaire, succeed the excellent together with his partner Ginger Rogers dance games at attractive melodies. "

"(...) With spectacular dance choreography and glamorous occupation. "

Background

The RKO production had a budget of just under $ 750,000. Worldwide, the film played an almost 2.7 million U.S. dollars. In this film, Harriet Hilliard made ​​her feature film debut. In a supporting role as singer Betty Grable is seen.

Producer Pandro S. Berman, incidentally the brother of Cutter Henry Berman, who could win an Oscar in 1967, was not mentioned in the credits.

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made ​​together 10 films, four of which were directed by Mark Sandrich. This film is their fifth collaboration. Randolph Scott, known as more of Western, was one of the best friends Fred Astaire. At Astaire's friends counted, moreover, composer Irving Berlin.

The musical director was the Oscar-winning coming from Austria Max Steiner. As a military advisor to Commander Harvey S. Haislip served by the U.S. Navy. The choreographer for the dance ensemble was Hermes Pan, who worked for RKO in all film Astaire with this.

Hubert Osborne stage play, which was the screenplay for reason, was filmed once before prior to this film. 1930 Luther Reed directed the comedy Hit the Deck. A remake of this film in 1955 under the same title original (English title: In Frisco anchor ) by Roy Rowland filmed.

Songs

  • We Saw the Sea - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire
  • Let Yourself Go - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Ginger Rogers. This number is certainly not one of the highlights of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as a couple. Astaire and Rogers dancing in a Maatsuniform in wide trousers first with other guests. Later, this scene turns out as a dance competition in which two other couples are seen in very short fragments. Apart from a musically as well as choreographic and from tap dance her little spectacular dance number, are the only ones change only a few "hand- claps " to do so. Let Yourself Go Online
  • Get Thee Behind Me, Satan - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Harriet Hilliard
  • I'd Rather Lead a Band - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire
  • But Where Are You? - Composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Harriet Hilliard
  • I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This rather long and not very spectacular number of Astaire and Rogers is first introduced vocal of the two. You are on the ship's deck, the sound of taps is here rather subdued. It has sometimes something grotesque, by holding both his arms while dancing once with superscript shoulders close to the body, then stretch back up. The tap dancing is unexciting and seems almost " etude- way ", such as the shim - sham - restart, after both short towed from the dance. The quilted rhythms are not very interesting. In the pantomime performed moments is often not erkennenbar what is meant here. Thus, here there is no comedy. In the second part twice heard a few bars of waltz, which is rare in the tap dance. Astaire and Rogers must here speak first consider what steps fit, but then immediately brought back to a rapid swing rhythm. Little is solved elegantly, as Rogers towards the end Astaire slips out of his hand and falls to the ground. The comedy in the extended final chords in which both can not agree on a common final, also is limited. '' I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket '' Online
  • Let's Face the Music and Dance - composed by Irving Berlin, performed by Fred Astaire

DVD releases

  • Follow the Fleet (1936 ) - Universal Pictures UK - Release: April 4, 2005
  • Follow the Fleet - Turner Home Entertainment - Release: August 16, 2005
  • Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol 1 - Warner Home Video - Release: August 16, 2005
  • Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition - Warner Home Video - Release: October 24, 2006
1936 in film Allan Scott (American screenwriter) Film score RKO Pictures Hermes Pan (choreographer)
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