Follow the Fleet (1936)
Directed by Mark Sandrich
When 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.
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There are strong undercurrents, too, of the silent pathos of Keaton and Chaplin, interspersed with bouts of musical fantasy, including an audacious Fred and Ginger-style routine that mirrors the monochrome dance designs of Follow the Fleet .
The movie lifts into a black-and-white dance number — a brief re-creation of the set and choreography of “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” (from the Astaire-Rogers film “Follow the Fleet”).