fred astaire and ginger rogers and hollywood premiere dance team and be usually dress to the nine and glide through elaborately exaggerated art deco set in the 1930 . however and they go a bit more downscale for this 1936 outing and the fifth of their ten musical together . this time and astaire foregoes his top hat and white tie and tail to become a bubblegum chewing sailor name bake baker while and rogers play dance hall entertainer sherry martin and who be bake partner dance and otherwise before he enlist . consequently and unlike the mistaken identity ploy and romantic hesitancy prevalent in most of their previous pairing and they be already a couple from the film outset . direct by mark sandrich ( who guide five of their pairing ) and the film bear a narrative similarity to 1935 roberta in which they be but one of two couple feature in the storyline . in fact and randolph scott play the other male lead in both film and this time a bake womanize crewmate and bilge smith . he be partner with not irene dunne ( who understandably turn down this follow up ) but harriet hilliard . just marry to ozzie nelson in real life and decade before ozzie and harriet and hilliard play sherry spinsterish sister connie who fall hard for bilge . in the silly plot and she be give a makeover by a young and bleached blonde lucille ball and and there be s classic three way shot of hilliard and ball and a kewpie doll adorable betty grable in front of a mirror . speaking of the story and what there be of one be credit to allan scott and dwight taylor and go something like this . bake and bilge be on shore leave in san francisco where they end up in a dance hall with their rowdy shipmate . bake find sherry work there and while bilge run into connie first when she come in a a dowdy spinster and then show up a a glamour girl . romance bloom for both couple . connie and sherry inherit a steamer from their father and but they need money to keep it afloat . multiple misunderstanding occur in both relationship and but it all work out when they turn the steamer into a theater and put on a fundraising musical revue . it about as silly a it sound and but it do provide a good excuse for some memorable irving berlin tune and a trio of astaire rogers dance . the first two be casual in tone a dance contest set to the percolate let yourself go where they show off mercilessly to win and a physical shipboard comedy routine set to the toe tap i be put all my egg in one basket . however and their last dance be a classic return to formality with a melodramatic piece beautifully set to a stunning arrangement of let face the music and dance . intriguingly and this movie contain not only an astaire dance solo but the only time rogers ever have a dance solo to herself in one of their movie and an energetic tap routine again set to let yourself go . dress in a creamy satin sailor outfit and she also sing the same song most winningly near the beginning of the film . act wise and astaire and rogers be in typically zesty comic form here . while scott play his role with his trademark cock eye virility and hilliard be an extremely dull presence and and a a former band singer and she perform two berlin love song in a frustratingly diffident manner . regardless and the magic generate by astaire and rogers in their prime make this essential viewing . the 2005 dvd have several good extra begin with a thirteen minute featurette and follow the fleet represent the origin of those dance foot and about how astaire and rogers start to work together . there be also a live action soundie call melody master represent jimmie lunceford and his dance orchestra and a poultry theme cartoon call let it be me and and the original theatrical trailer .