Follow the Fleet [DVD]

Movie / Show Details

Follow the Fleet is a 1936 musical comedy-romance from RKO Radio Pictures directed by Mark Sandrich, Joseph Henabery, and Friz Freleng. Fred Astaire stars as Bake Baker, a sailor and former dancer who hopes to rekindle his partnership with Sherry Martin, played by Ginger Rogers, when the US Navy fleet returns to San Francisco. While Bake and Sherry navigate their rekindled connection, their friends pursue romantic entanglements of their own. The film features seven Irving Berlin songs and elaborate musical and dance numbers, including the iconic “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” and the playful “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket.”

This single-disc DVD presents the film in its original format with a runtime of one hour and fifty minutes and carries an Approved rating. The release includes a featurette about the film’s origins, a musical short featuring Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, and a classic cartoon. You can own this piece of Hollywood’s golden age at a fraction of what you would spend on a new copy.