Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 American RKO musical comedy film with a nautical theme starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their fifth collaboration as dance partners. It also features Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, and Astrid Allwyn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Lucille Ball and Betty Grable also appear, in supporting roles. The film was directed by Mark Sandrich with script by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor based on the 1922 play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne.
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| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Written by | Allan Scott Dwight Taylor Lew Lipton (add'l dialogue) |
| Based on | Shore Leave 1922 play by Hubert Osborne |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Starring | Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Betty Grable Randolph Scott |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Edited by | Henry Berman |
| Music by | Irving Berlin Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $747,000 |
| Box office | $2,727,000 |
Follow the Fleet was extremely successful at the box office, and during 1936, Astaire's recorded versions of "Let Yourself Go", "I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket", and "Let's Face the Music and Dance" reached their highest positions of 3rd, 2nd, 3rd respectively in the US Hit Parade. Harriet Hilliard and Tony Martin made their screen debuts in this film. RKO borrowed Randolph Scott from Paramount and Astrid Allwyn from Fox for the production.