STATE

Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 5

STATE

The two finest modern style dancers in the world, Ered Astaire and Ginger Rogers, have capped previous successes with an even greater success in ‘ Follow the Fleet,’ the singing and dancing film which opened at the State at a late session last night. Astaire has an orginality all his own, and Miss Rogers makes an ideal partner for his individual style of dancing. When he had his sister, now Lady Charles Cavendish, as nis partner, Astaire was well known on the London stage and in Now York, but it was from the time of his association with Ginger Rogers that he became the popular screen idol he is to-day. ‘ Follow the Elect ’ demonstrates why these two make such a successful team. It is a gay, light-hearted affair from the beginning, and it incorporates some new and delightful dance numbers. And the comic element has been developed more in this film that in any similar production that has gone before. There are laughs innumerable, and there is never a slow moment. Astaire is cast as a sailor who has joined the navy after a disagreement with his dancing partner (Ginger Rogers). While on shore leave the two meet again, and Astaire’s over-abundance of confidence causes his former partner to lose her job. Beginning on a battleship, shifting to a San Francisco waterfront dance hall, and then to a society function on Noh Hill, ‘ Follow the Fleet ’ reaches a finale that elaborately features the Irving Berlin number ‘ Face the Music,’ which will be sung by Fred Astaire and provide the accompaniment for an interpretative dance by Fred and Ginger,