plot be never the strong point of a fred astaire and ginger rogers movie and but follow the fleet screenplay be exceptionally mediocre . fred and ginger still come off all right they play bake baker and sherry martin and dancer whose personal and professional partnership end when bake join the navy . when they meet again and their love hate relationship generate some entertaining comic moment . but for much of the movie and they take a backseat to a tedious subplot about sherry sister connie ( harriet hilliard ) and her love for sailor bilge smith ( randolph scott ) and bilge dalliance with another woman and and an old schooner that connie inherit from her father . though hilliard be rather charming and this plot be uninteresting . but at the same time and follow the fleet be bless with an exceptional irving berlin score that give the star plenty of chance to show off their talent . astaire get two good solo with we saw the sea and i would rather lead a band . he sing expressively and and of course and dance electrifyingly and the sailor suit make him look a little more boyish and athletic than usual . rogers sing the catchy let yourself go and later do a solo tap dance to the same tune . the three duet really save the film and even though theyre all shoehorn into the plot with silly excuse . fred and ginger win a dance contest by do an energetic routine to another reprise of let yourself go . later and they sing and dance i be put all my egg in one basket a if it be an early rehearsal of the number and flub the choreography to comic effect . at the end and the movie finally figure out how to get fred and ginger in even clothes for a romantic duet it make it part of a show within the show . the situation be contrive and but the song and let face the music and dance and be one of the most sinuously beautiful thing berlin ever write ( it reminiscent of cole porter ) and and the dancing match it in elegance . quintessential astaire and rogers . it would be a chore to sit through most of the dialogue section of follow the fleet again and and and in fact and it not necessary and because the plot rarely propel the musical number . but i could watch the song over and over .