Caftan Woman Posted by on July 21, 2018

Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon on July 20th - 22nd. It's like a party on the internet! You can find the contributions by clicking HERE or HERE. Randolph...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on July 21, 2018

Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood and Michaela of Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Blogathon on July 20th - 22nd. It's like a party on the internet! You can find the contributions by clicking HERE or HERE. Randolph...   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on July 12, 2018

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2785/Follow-the-Fleet/#tcmarcp-172408-172407 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Follow the Fleet (1936) was Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire‘s fifth film together. By the time they made this movie, they’d appeared in Flying Down to Rio (1933)   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on May 21, 2016

Yesterday, we swam around the pool with Esther Williams. Today, we match taps with Fred and Ginger. Follow the Fleet is, to me, pretty underrated. Sometimes it can feel like all you hear about is Top Hat, Swing Time, and The Gay Divorcee, which are all great films, but come...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Annmarie Gatti on April 27, 2015

The Fabulous Films of the 30′s: Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and… I distinctly remember the first time I saw Follow the Fleet.  It was many years ago, during one of those ‘vacation weeks’ between Christmas and New Years. I was staying up really late, thorou   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on January 20, 2014

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Follow the...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on August 8, 2013

Follow the Fleet Directed by Mark Sandrich Written by Dwight Taylor and Allan Scott based on the play “Shore Leave” by Hubert Osborne 1936/USA Radio Pictures Repeat viewing Another in the unbeatable series of Astaire/Rogers movies of the 1930′s ‘Bake’ Baker (Fred Asta   read more