Directed by:
Mark SandrichCinematography:
David AbelComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn, Betty Grable, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Brooks Benedict, Lucille Ball (more)Plots(1)
In the fifth of 10 Astaire/Rogers pairings, Fred trades his top hat for a sailor's cap, Randolph Scott gets the girl (Harriet Hilliard), Ginger gets a tap solo and viewers get the unending delight of seven sparkling Irving Berlin numbers, including Let Yourself Go, We Saw the Sea, the Duo's zany I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket skit and their sublimely powerful Let's Face the Music and Dance. Astaire is Bake Baker, a hoofer now given to stepping a sailor's horn-pipe while he and other swabbies patrol the seas for democracy. Rogers is his former partner Sherry, now convoying the Navy around a ballroom for 10 cents a dance. But one day the fleet returns to home port. Bake again meets Sherry, and the partnership is renewed at least for one more show. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Fred Astaire
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Astrid Allwyn
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Betty Grable
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Harry Beresford
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Russell Hicks
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Lucille Ball
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Tony Martin
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Thelma Leeds
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Frank Jenks
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Richard Alexander
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Jack Randall
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Kay Sutton
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Dick Purcell
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Maxine Jennings
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Lester Dorr
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