Follow the Fleet
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Movie Reviews of Follow the Fleet
Movie Review: Climb Aboard!
Summary: 4 Stars
This Rogers-Astaire vehicle mainly functions as an OK service comedy with a few dance and song routines thrown in from time to time for good measure. The film contains two romantic subplots, one involving Astaire and Rogers and another involving Rogers' sister (Harriet Hilliard) and Astaire's shipmate(Randolph Scott). It's interesting to note that Hilliard is an engaging film prescence years before she became better known as Harriet Nelson of TV's "Ozzie and Harriet". This is a pleasant enough vehicle for Astaire and Rogers but not great. I would have given it 5 stars if it contained more inspired numbers like the sublime "Let's Face the Music and Dance".Movie Review: Good but not the best
Summary: 4 Stars
Fred and Ginger dance great wonderful, but the story is slow! R. Scott plays the same type of person as the first Fred and Ginger Film (an unknowning Jerk) which ends up Aces full at the end of the film. You'll like it ab=nd I know you'll know what I am saying about R. Scott.Movie Review: Blue Collar Fred Astaire (a DVD Review)
Summary: 3 Stars
The fifth Fred & Ginger (F&G) movie, Follow the Fleet shows two sides of Fred's character, Seaman Bake Baker. In other F&G movies, he is the upper class, suave gentleman. But in this one he plays a blue collar, enlisted seaman in the navy. In one part, you see him in his white tie and tails dancing and in control; in another part, he gets in trouble for trying to punch a commissioned officer. Two love stories in one movie, the additional romance of Connie Martin (Harriet Hilliard) and Bilge Smith (Randolph Scott) keeps the plot moving and enriches the story.
The featurette, "Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet" explains how F&G each got into show business, how they got their "big breaks," and where they first met. You'll discover why Fred went to RKO and not to one of the larger, better-known studios. It includes interviews with Ava Astaire McKenzie (daughter), archivists, and biographers with a mix of F&G photographs and film clips. (Run time 13:53)
The musical short, "Melody Master: Jimmy Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra" starts with a scene with the devil in hell, which makes you wonder, "What's this short all about?" but then quickly cuts to a show of the dance orchestra. No F&G in this short but consistent with the era. (B&W, Run time 10:13)
The classic Merrie Melodies cartoon "Let It Be Me" tells the story of an innocent farm hen who gets wooed by a cocky, big-time, radio-star-singing rooster. (Run time 7:51)
Theatrical Trailer (Run time 1:25)
Movie Review: Not bad. Not that good.
Summary: 3 Stars
Not really that good. Fred and Ginger are always easy on the eye, dancing together or on their own. But the story is not interesting; in fact it's a little dull. The pacing is off, the dialogue isn't that snappy, and there aren't any striking scenes. Scott is probably better in westerns, though I can't remember him much from any, and he seemed out of place here: looked strapping, but wasn't very amusing, and a non-singing, non-dancing, sorta ambiguous kinda fella. The high spot, Let's Face the Music and Dance, is good and timely, but it also seems out of place, as if it belongs in a different production. It's interesting that these pre-WW2 movies indicate that they know what's coming, but there's nothing to be done about it. The Fleet's getting ready, but until they light the blue paper, let's just fool around and have a ball. Worth seeing once, but only so-so in the end.Movie Review: Almost, but falls short.
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a Ginger Rogers and Astaire movie that almost could be funny. But somehow it falls short. It chronicles the love stories of two sisters and their sailor boys. One (Ginger) is resentful towards her former tapping partner (Astaire) who always manages to inadverdantly sabotage her career opportunities. The other sister, is the ugly duckling turned into a swan type, who unfortunately, falls in love with a cad of a sailor. So that love story is a very difficult one to be interested in. There are a lot of tap dance numbers. A scene showing Astaire playing the piano. And an especially lovely ballroom routine towards the end with Ginger and Astaire. Fans of the duo will probably like the movie. But it feels long and just not quite funny enough.